Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Iraqi cleric’s followers told to leave parliament

Iraqi parliament

Muqtada Al-Sadr instructed his followers to leave parliament within 72 hours. They were directed to protest outside the Green Zone, which houses Iraq’s government buildings and foreign embassies. His followers stormed parliament on Saturday to prevent the Iran-backed alliance from voting in a new government. BAGHDAD: Followers of an influential Shiite cleric who occupied the … Read more

Shiite cleric injured by gunfire in central Iran

shiite cleric

Mohsen Akhavan, who bears the clerical rank of hojatoleslam, was targeted in the city of Isfahan. A Sunni extremist with Uzbek roots killed two Shiite clergy members and hurt a third in the courtyard of the main shrine in Mashhad. TEHRAN: Iranian media said that a motorcycle-mounted assailant shot and wounded a Shiite cleric in … Read more