Iraqi government steps up fight against corruption
The arrest of six senior officials on corruption charges shows that serious steps are taken in the fight against corruption, amid calls that the government speeds up its reform program.
![1227867537 An Iraqi anti-government demonstrator walks past posters of Iraqi polititians and a US flag in Tahrir Square in the capital Baghdad, on August 1, 2020. - Iraq will hold its next parliamentary elections nearly a year early, the premier announced yesterday, as he seeks to make good on promises he offered when he came to power.
Protests began in October, with thousands taking to the streets of Baghdad and across the south.
Demonstrators demanded that the political system be dismantled, pointing to endemic corr](/sites/default/files/styles/article_hero_medium/public/almpics/2020/09/GettyImages-1227867537.jpg/GettyImages-1227867537.jpg?h=a5ae579a&itok=J8vCBgTv)
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