Hundreds of supporters of the charismatic Shiite political and spiritual leader Moqtada Al-Sadr took over the Iraqi Parliament on Wednesday July 27 to protest against the candidacy for the post of Prime Minister of Mohammad Al-Soudani, presented by the rival political camp (pro- Iranian), a new episode in a standoff that has lasted for nine months between the Sadrists and the allied factions of Tehran and which paralyzes the country.
“After removing a number of concrete blocks […] protesters stormed the parliament building in the middle of the green zone […] and hundreds of them have taken up residence inside the main hall of Parliament”, reports the Iraqi daily Al-Mada, despite the presence of riot police.
These protesters chanted slogans rejecting the name