Ibraham Jaafari and some others, who were not happy about this development, left Tehran for London and went back to being Da`wa members with a belief in laymen’s government. . During the Iran-Iraq War, the Supreme Council formed a paramilitary with the help of the Iranian Revolutionary..…

He faces the daunting tasks of rebuilding much of the country after four years of war with Islamic State militants, healing its ethnic and sectarian tensions, and balancing foreign relations with Iraq’s two major allies - Iran and its arch-foe the United States. . Abdul Mahdi, 76, is a trained..…