Unrest in Iraq: Continuation of the Arab Spring or a New Political Reality?
... 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 ... ... emerging rapprochement 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