Maliki, accused of full dependency on Iran's Khamenei, in addition to being accused of ruling the country in a sectarian manner, generated deep divisions in the Iraqi society. It refuted that Iraqi elites bear the responsibility fully on the status of Iraq, stressing these elites that came with the American occupation of Iraq were distributed among three directions: the first led by Nuri al-Maliki who is looking for his interests in connection with Iran's interests, while the second trend preserves its interests associated with Al-Maliki and thus Iran. The third trend is the national one, which represents the interests of Iraqis, but is the weakest in circumstances where political polarization on a sectarian basis established by Washington and enshrined by Tehran. The paper wondered if Tehran finally realized, due to the political and military developments including the opposition by many of Iraqi leaders to the continuation of Al-Maliki, that it has to bow a little, give him up and look for a successor who suits it or that the Iraqis will take the initiative to restore the lost sovereignty of Iraq.
