Unrest in Iraq: Continuation of the Arab Spring or a New Political Reality?
... striving for closer solidarity with the protesters as an individual political force. Ali al-Sistani, the spiritual leader of Iraq’s Shiites, also expressed his support for some of the demands of the protesters and called for an investigation into the actions ... ... between al-Sistani and al-Sadr will play a role in the future. It should be noted that there is an anti-Iran element to the protests. The Iranian leadership, in particular, the country’s spiritual leader Ali Khamenei, was restrained in its response....
28.11.2019