Acts of violence broke out after the surprise announcement Monday by Moqtada al-Sadr of his “withdrawal” of political life.
According to an initial assessment, these acts left at least 23 dead in the last twenty-four hours. Iran has decided to close its borders with Iraq.
Indeed, the fights between the supporters of the Shiite leader Moqtada al-Sadr and the security forces took over this Tuesday, August 30, in the green zone in Baghdad, in an unprecedented climbing in this area.
For a month, supporters of Al-Sadr have been camping around Parliament in the green area and have even briefly blocked access to the country’s highest judicial body in Baghdad.
