Direct Threat from Iran Preceded Sadr Bloc's Resignation from Iraq Parliament

A fisherman casts a net in the Euphrates river near a pedestrian bridge in the city of Nasiriyah in Iraq's southern Dhi Qar province, on June 20, 2022. (Photo by Asaad NIAZI / AFP)

Head of Iraq's Sadrist movement, cleric Moqtada al-Sadr had received "direct threats from Iran" to reach an agreement with the pro-Tehran Coordination Framework over the formation of a new government, revealed Iraqi and Lebanese sources.

These threats were made days before his bloc resigned from parliament last week.