Iraqi cleric says no foreign meddling to choose new PM, in nod to Iran
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Iraq’s top Shi’ite Muslim cleric said on Friday that a new prime minister must be chosen without foreign interference in an apparent nod to Iranian dominance in the country a week after incumbent Adel Abdul Mahdi said he would resign.