A presidential pardon for a former provincial governor’s son convicted of drug trafficking has stirred unease in Iraqi political circles, prompting President Barham Salih to call for an investigation. 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 10 January, he and two fellow convicts in the same case were quietly granted a presidential pardon and released, a senior police official told AFP. The decision caused a stir among MPs and journalists who have cr…