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       Hadi al-Amiri, centre, commander in the Popular Mobilization Forces, and leader of a political movement called 'Al-Fateh Alliance' speaks to his followers during his political block campaign rally before the parliamentary elections in Baghdad, Iraq, Oct. 5, 2021.

       Hadi Mizban/The Associated Press

       Hadi al-Amiri, one of the most powerful pro-Iranian figures in Iraq, has rejected the results of Iraq’s elections as “fabricated,” according to the Baghdad-based pro-Iranian TV channel al-Aahd.

       “We will not accept these fabricated results, whatever the cost,” the channel cited him as saying on Tuesday on its Telegram messaging account.

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