After more than nine months of a vacant parliamentary speaker position, Iraqi Sunni lawmaker Mahmoud Al-Mashhadani announced that he has secured a majority of support from parliament members to run again for the role. The position has remained unfilled since the removal of former Speaker Mohammad Al-Halbousi last November, with intense political disagreements stalling the selection of a successor. Al-Mashhadani, a former Speaker of the Iraqi Parliament, shared August 25, 2024 ) the news on the social med…