Ear­lier reports said that Obama’s visit is the rea­son behind Maliki’s deci­sion to can­cel his visit to Iran, but Al-Khaleej reported that Tehran rejected receiv­ing Maliki for secu­rity reasons.

Putting one con­di­tion for his visit which is to fly from Bagh­dad, Iran wants to allow the Iran­ian intel­li­gence to search the air­plane before the take off.

Other sug­ges­tions said that Maliki headed back to Bagh­dad to face his “double-trouble” with the:

- Kur­dish Coali­tion: Al-Diyar TV reported that Maliki is plan­ning to stay in Kirkuk for at least two months to “solve” the dis­putes in the city as he did before in Basra [I think he wants to observe the for­ma­tion of the so called “Support-Councils”].

- Shi­ites Coali­tion: In his press con­fer­ence, Al-Mashhadani said that there is a plan to oust AL-Maliki, but the most impor­tant is what Adil Abd Al-Mahdi said to rally the pub­lic opin­ion against Al-Maliki:
Maliki is plan­ning to stay as a Prime Min­is­ter for the com­ing 50 years, do you accept this?