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Anadolu Agency (31 June 2022)

Raed al-Hamed  

Firebrand Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr on Sunday called protests by his supporters a “major opportunity” to change Iraq’s political regime.

Tension escalated in recent days in Iraq following the nomination of Mohammed Shia al-Sudani to form a new government by a coalition of groups close to Iran amid protests by al-Sadr’s supporters.

In his first comments on the protests, al-Sadr described the demonstrations as “peaceful” and “spontaneous.”

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