Sadrist Movement leader Muqtada al-Sadr in meeting with all 73 Sadrist Movement members of parliament following their resignation, Najaf, Iraq, June 15, 2022 (Photo: Muqtada al-Sadr media office)
A member of a veterinary team sprays a farm's cattle and enclosures with disinfectant in Iraq's northern city of Kirkuk, on May 7, 2022. (Photo: Shwan Nawzad/AFP)
An Iraqi man receives treatment at an emergency ward at a hospital in Baghdad as choking clouds of dust blanketed the Iraqi capital, June 13, 2022. (Photo: Ahmad al-Ruabye/AFP)
Iraqi Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr delivers a speech before ending it abruptly due to his disapproval at the behaviour of an overenthusiastic crowd, in the central Iraqi city of Najaf, June 3, 2022. (Photo: Qassem Al-Kaabi/AFP)
Supporters hold a banner with the picture of Muqtada al-Sadr in a spontaneous rally after preliminary results of the Iraqi 2018 elections were announced showing Muqtada al-Sadr has become the unexpected frontrunner. (Photo: H. Mizban/AP)
