{"id":280418,"date":"2022-08-30T09:09:35","date_gmt":"2022-08-30T04:09:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=280418"},"modified":"2022-08-30T09:09:35","modified_gmt":"2022-08-30T04:09:35","slug":"iraqs-powerful-sadr-quits-politics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/iraqs-powerful-sadr-quits-politics\/","title":{"rendered":"Iraq\u2019s powerful Sadr quits politics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> BAGHDAD<br \/>\nIraq\u2019s powerful cleric Moqtada al-Sadr said on Monday he was quitting politics and closing his institutions in response to an intractable political deadlock.<br \/>\n\u201cI hereby announce my final withdrawal,\u201d Sadr said in a statement posted on Twitter, criticising fellow Shia political leaders for failing to heed his calls for reform.<br \/>\nHe did not elaborate on the closure of his offices, but said that cultural and religious institutions would remain open.<br \/>\nSadr has previously announced withdrawals from politics or government and the disbanding of militias loyal to him but retains widespread control over state institutions and still has a paramilitary group with thousands of members.<br \/>\nHe has often returned to political activity after similar announcements, although the current political deadlock in Iraq appears harder to resolve than previous periods of dysfunction.<br \/>\nMonday\u2019s announcement raised fears that Sadr\u2019s supporters might escalate their protests without their leader to closely control them, which could further destabilise Iraq.<br \/>\nThe country has struggled to recover since the defeat of Islamic State in 2017 because political parties have squabbled over power and the vast oil wealth possessed by Iraq, OPEC\u2019s second-largest producer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BAGHDAD Iraq\u2019s powerful cleric Moqtada al-Sadr said on Monday he was quitting politics and closing his institutions in response to an intractable political deadlock. \u201cI hereby announce my final withdrawal,\u201d Sadr said in a statement posted on Twitter, criticising fellow Shia political leaders for failing to heed his calls for reform. 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