Ammar al-Hakim, the leader of the Wisdom Movement (Al-Hikma) participating in the Islamic Conference for Combating Violence Against Women, Baghdad, Iraq, August, 27, 2022. (Photo: Kurdistan 24)
Leaders of the Iraqi political parties, except the Sadrist Movement, meeting at the Iraqi Council of Ministers, responding to a call by Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi, August, 27, 2022. (Photo: Iraqi Government Media Office)
Followers of the Sadrist Movement leader Muqtada al-Sadr protesting outside the Iraqi Supreme Judicial Council in Baghdad, August 23, 2022. (Photo: Kurdistan 24)
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)
Supporters of Iraqi Shiite Muslim cleric Muqtada al-Sadr hold a portrait of the leader while performing the weekly Friday prayers in the Sadr City suburb of Iraq's capital Baghdad on Jan. 28, 2022. (Photo:Ahmad al-Rubaye/AFP)