Women supporters of Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada stand before his portrait at the vigil outside parliament headquarters in the capital Baghdad's high-security Green Zone, August 26, 2022. (Photo: Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP)
Representatives of political parties convening at Iraqi Council of Ministers building in Baghdad for a "national dialogue" to discuss the country's political crisis, August 17, 2022. (Photo: Iraqi PM Media Office)
Supporters of Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr gather at the Iraqi capital Baghdad's high-security Green Zone as they continue their ongoing protest against a nomination for prime minister by a rival Shiite faction, August 5, 2022. (Photo: Ahmad
Supporters of Iraqi cleric Moqtada Sadr (image), occupy the Iraqi parliament for a fifth consecutive day, in protest at a nomination for prime minister by a rival Shiite faction in Baghdad's Green Zone, August 3, 2022. (Photo: Ahmad Al-Ruba
Supporters of the Iraqi cleric Moqtada Sadr celebrate after bringing down concrete barriers leading to the capital Baghdad's Green Zone, July 30, 2022. (Photo: Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP)
Supporters of the Iraqi cleric Moqtada Sadr use chains to bring down concrete barriers along the Al-Jumhuriya (Republic) bridge that leads to the capital Baghdad's high-security Green Zone, July 30, 2022. (Photo: Sabah Arar/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)
Sadrist Movement leader Muqtada al-Sadr in meeting with leaders of the Shite Coordination Framework at his headquarters in Al-Hananah, Najaf. (Photo: Muqtada al-Sadr's Media Office)