The Iraqi Communist Party by the way is still around and has scored recent electoral successes: "The party joined the newly established
Sairoun Alliance in the
2018 parliamentary elections, who gained the highest number of votes and a total of 54 seats in the Iraqi parliament.
[23] A
communist woman representing the
alliance, Suhad al-Khateeb, was also elected in the elections to represent the city of Najaf, deemed to be one of the holiest religious and conservative cities in Iraq. Khateeb, who is a teacher,
anti-poverty and
women's rights activist said upon her victory "the Communist party have a long history of honesty - we were not agents for foreign occupations. We want social justice, citizenship, and are against sectarianism, and this is also what Iraqis want"..."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraqi_Communist_Party