Iraq’s Elections: A Naturalistic Mirage Masking Christian Persecution
The VaticanNews portal (November 11, 2025) reports on Iraq’s parliamentary elections under a new proportional voting system, framing them as a “test” for Iraq’s ability to implement a “national agenda” amid foreign interference from the U.S., Iran, and Turkey. It highlights Prime Minister al-Sudani’s claim that these are Iraq’s “most important elections since 2003,” while noting the absence of Muqtada al-Sadr’s movement and the rise of “civic, non-sectarian” lists like the Tishrin movement. The article reduces Iraq’s existential struggles to a geopolitical chess game, entirely omitting the systematic eradication of Christianity—a silence that reeks of conciliar complicity with secular tyranny.
