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Powerful Iraqi Shiite cleric al-Sadr says quitting politics amid extended stalemate
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A woman supporter of Iraqi Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr kisses his portrait at the vigil outside parliament headquarters in the capital Baghdad's high-security Green Zone on August 26, 2022, during a protest against the nomination of a rival Shiite faction for government leadership. (Ahmad al-Rubaye/AFP)
BAGHDAD — Iraq’s powerful Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr says today he is quitting politics, after a nearly-year long political stalemate that has left the country without a new government.
“I’ve decided not to meddle in political affairs. I therefore announce now my definitive retirement,” says al-Sadr, a longtime player in the war-torn state’s political scene.
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