Iraq-Iran ties likely to improve under new Iraqi PM
Iran played a key role in helping form the new Iraqi government.
![Iraqi Prime Mohammed Shia al-Sudani meets with his Cabinet on Oct. 28, 2022, in Baghdad.](/sites/default/files/styles/article_hero_medium/public/2022-10/sudan.jpeg?h=69f1eb85&itok=Yth_mAFk)
BAGHDAD — Iraq's new government under Prime Minister Mohammad Shia al-Sudani is likely to be on better terms with Iran than the previous government.
The Coordination Framework, the coalition which brought Sudani to office last week, and which consists of Iran-backed groups and paramilitary factions, was able to form the government after Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr — an Iraqi nationalist who has long been critical of Iran — withdrew his bloc from parliament this past June.