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29 Jul 2026, 13:15

Muqtada al-Sadr, the leader of the Sadrist movement in Iraq and one of the leaders of the Shia in Iraq, issued a statement calling on the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps not to target Iraqi territory and simultaneously urged Iraqi armed groups not to give regional countries a pretext for attack with their actions.

In this statement, released on Wednesday, July 28, al-Sadr wrote that Iraq should not become a place for targeting the Islamic Republic and urged "brothers in the Revolutionary Guard" to refrain from attacking the "sacred and independent land of Iraq."

He also called on what he referred to as "rogue militias" not to create grounds for attacks by Gulf Arab countries on Iraq with their actions.

The leader of the Sadrist movement condemned the targeting of Iraqi territory by any country or party and urged the Baghdad government to assert its sovereignty, establish security, and prevent the country from being dragged into war and sectarian conflicts. He emphasized that Iraq and its people need peace more than anything, as years of war have exhausted the country's strength and capacities.

This statement comes at a time when, since the beginning of the 40-day war, the Revolutionary Guard has repeatedly targeted the positions of Kurdish parties in the Kurdistan region of Iraq. At the same time, the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) announced early Wednesday, July 28, that American and Saudi forces had targeted the positions of armed groups aligned with the Islamic Republic in Iraq in a joint operation.
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In his statement, Muqtada al-Sadr used a different term instead of the Persian Gulf: Mu_AlSadr

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