On Wednesday, as the parliament met to discuss the resignation of its speaker, Iraqi demonstrators and riot police clashed in Baghdad.
Before some protestors and riot police began hurling stones at one another, security authorities had attempted to disperse the throng.
An unprecedented 11-month political crisis has been plaguing Iraq.
Despite winning the majority of votes in the legislative elections in October, influential Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr has been unable to create a majority government.
In order to prevent their competitors from Iranian-backed Shia factions from establishing the government, his supporters stormed the parliament in late July.
The process of forming a government has stopped as a result of the protests that followed, skirmishes with security personnel, counter-rallies, and a sit-in outside of parliament.
