Iraqi cleric Muqtada al-Sadr condemns attacks by pro-Iranian factions on Saudi Arabia

Iraqi cleric Muqtada al-Sadr condemns attacks by pro-Iranian factions on Saudi Arabia Submitted by MEE staff on Wed, 07/29/2026 - 11:05 Influential Shia leader denounces firing of projectiles by 'rogue' militias and says Iraq should remain neutral Muqtada al-Sadr commands a large political bloc in Iraq with its own military wing (AFP) Off Influential Iraqi cleric Muqtada al-Sadr has urged Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and allied armed groups to stop launching attacks from Iraq. Sadr warned the groups against pulling the country into another conflict and called on Baghdad to assert state control. “Rogue militias must not give our brothers in the Gulf states a pretext to target our sacred land,” he wrote on X.