Iraq's Sadr tells supporters to withdraw after violent clashes

Iraq’s Sadr tells supporters to withdraw after violent clashes

A boy walks near the office of Badr Organization, which was burned by supporters of Iraqi populist leader Moqtada al-Sadr, in Baghdad, Iraq August 30, 2022. REUTERS/Wissam Al-Okaili

(Reuters)

Iraqi cleric Moqtada al-Sadr told his followers to leave their protests in central Baghdad on Tuesday and apologised to the Iraqi people after nearly two days of violent clashes between rival Shi’ite Muslim groups.

“This is not a revolutionary (anymore) because it has lost its peaceful character,” Sadr said in a televised address. “The spilling of Iraqi blood is forbidden,” he added.

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