Iraq’s powerful Shia cleric Sadr says he will quit politics

Iraq’s powerful Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr announced today that he will quit politics after a nearly year-long political stalemate that left the country without a new government.

“I have decided not to meddle in politics, so I am now announcing my definitive retirement,” said Sadr, who has been active on the political scene in the war-torn country for many years. .