Baghdad, (AFP) - The United Nations Mission in Iraq on Monday called on the country's political parties to engage in "dialogue without preconditions" in order to find a way out of "a protracted crisis that threatens more instability," a year after the legislative elections.

Iraq held early legislative elections on October 10, 2021, under the pressure of the unprecedented popular protests that took place in the fall of 2019, rejecting the corruption of the political class and the deterioration of the infrastructure.

But a year later, the same political parties still dominate the country. Despite the endless negotiations among them, the parties to the crisis failed to reach an agreement on electing a new President of the Republic and naming a new Prime Minister.

The United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) said in its statement, Monday, that "all actors must engage in dialogue without preconditions."

It called on the country's politicians to "collectively agree on the main results by making concessions that reaffirm their declared goal of meeting the needs of the Iraqi people and forming a government with full and effective powers."

Iraq is experiencing an acute political crisis due to the dispute between the two Shiite political poles, namely the coordination framework, and the Sadrist movement.

For his part, Muqtada al-Sadr calls for the dissolution of parliament and the holding of early legislative elections, while the coordination framework, which includes factions loyal to Iran, calls for the formation of a new government before heading to elections.

The tension reached its climax on August 29, when armed confrontations took place between supporters of Muqtada al-Sadr on the one hand, and forces from the army and the popular crowd on the other, during which more than 30 members of the Sadrist movement were killed.

The United Nations statement warned that, "Today, Iraq does not have much time. The protracted crisis portends more instability, and recent events are evidence of that."

He added, "Approving the 2023 budget before the end of the year is an urgent matter."

In turn, the French embassy in Baghdad called, in a statement, on all political parties "urgently to engage in genuine dialogue without preconditions and with a real willingness to make concessions."