Muqtada al-Sadr 

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Latest news on Muqtada al-Sadr, an Iraqi cleric who leads the Sadrist Movement, a political party based in Iraq. He is the son of Muhammad Sadiq al-Sadr, a grand ayatollah who was assassinated in 1999. Muqtada al-Sadr rose to prominence following the 2003 invasion of Iraq, when he called for armed resistance against the American-led occupation. In 2004, he led an uprising against the Iraqi government, but later agreed to a ceasefire. In recent years, al-Sadr has been a vocal critic of the Iraqi government and has called for reform. He has also been critical of the Iranian government, and has called for an end to Iranian interference in Iraq.