Iraq’s upcoming elections could mark a turning point in regional dynamics as Iran’s influence wanes with early signs of ...

Please try again later. ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Iraqi influential Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr on Monday called on Iran to hand over members of fringe religious groups that call on its members ...

In 2021, pro-Tehran parties were roundly defeated in Iraq’s parliamentary elections. Muqtada al-Sadr, a charismatic Shia cleric and vociferous critic of Iran, looked set to form a government. But the ...

Sadr’s own spiritual leader, Grand Ayatollah Kadhim al-Haeri, has long been based in Iran’s holy city of Qom. It was precisely such simplistic moralizing that set the stage for the 2003 ...

when figures like Imam Musa al-Sadr and Mustafa Chamran played key roles in reshaping Shiite political identity in Lebanon. Nasrallah himself consistently rejected the idea that Hezbollah was merely ...

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U.S. officials are calling for peace and dialogue amid reports of "disturbing" violence in Baghdad's Green Zone on Monday after Iraqi Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr ... 6 years ago Iran tries ...