FILE - Ali Allawi, then Iraq's finance minister, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Baghdad, Iraq, Oct. 15, 2020. Allawi resigned Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2022, two government officials said, over the country's worst political crisis in years involving an influential Shiite cleric and his Iran-aligned rivals. The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity in line with regulations, said Allawi resigned during a Cabinet meeting Tuesday to protest the political conditions. They said Oil Minister Ihsan Abdul-Jabbar will become acting finance minister. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed, File)