The Iran Nuclear Deal Hits Yet Another Hurdle

Politics, Geopolitics & Conflict Unrest and instability in Iraq is far from over, even as the situation has calmed in the streets of the Green Zone after 30 people were killed and hundreds wounded when protesters loyal to Shi’ite cleric Moqtada Al-Sadr stormed the presidential palace earlier this week. Al-Sadr later called off the protesters, but he’s not going away–nor is the inter-Shi’ite rivalry that is pitting Al-Sadr against pro-Iranian factions. The protests took place when al-Sadr said he had resigned from politics,…