Iraq’s Influential Cleric Warns Against Foreign Interventions

Supporters of Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr during a rally in Baghdad on July 15, 2022
Supporters of Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr during a rally in Baghdad on July 15, 2022

Hundreds of thousands of supporters of Moqtada al-Sadr, the most influential Shiite cleric in Iraq, held a rally on Friday amid stalled talks on forming a new government, a show of force against Iran-backed groups.