A handout picture released by the Iraqi Prime Minister's Media Office on February 7, 2022 shows a few Iraqi lawmakers attending a scheduled parliament session in Baghdad to choose a new president for Iraq, with most major political blocs boycotting it. - The sweeping no-show deepens a political crisis in the war-scarred country which, almost four months after a general election, still hasn't chosen a new prime minister. The assembly vote had been set for noon for the head of state -- a post with a four-year mandate held by convention by a member of Iraq's Kurdish minority, and currently occupied by Barham Saleh. (Photo by IRAQI PRIME MINISTER MEDIA OFFICE / AFP) / === RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / HO / IRAQI PRIME MINISTER'S PRESS OFFICE" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS ===