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Muqtada al-Sadr uses street pressure to set political conditions for his rivals

Influential Iraqi cleric Muqtada al-Sadr vowed that new elections would be held as his followers flocked to a mass prayer in the occupied parts of Baghdad’s Green Zone after 10 months of political deadlock.

Shelly Kittleson
Shelly Kittleson
Aug 8, 2022
Supporters of Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr gather outside the Iraqi parliament in the Green Zone.
Supporters of Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr gather outside the Iraqi parliament in the Green Zone in the capital Baghdad, on the seventh day of protests against the nomination of a rival Shiite faction for the position of prime minister in the heavily-guarded Green Zone, on Aug. 5, 2022. — AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP via Getty Images

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