Iraqi President Barham Saleh withdrew on Monday a presidential pardon granted to a former provincial governor’s son convicted of drug trafficking, after criticism over the move. Jawad Louay al-Yasseri, whose father was then governor of the central province of Najaf, was arrested in 2018 and sentenced to life in prison, which amounts to a 20-year term in Iraq. On January 10, he and two fellow convicts in the same case were quietly granted a presidential pardon and released. But the decision caused a stir among lawmakers and journalists who criticised an alleged backroom deal involving the gover…