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BAGHDAD: Powerful Iraqi Shiite Muslim cleric Moqtada Al-Sadr on Wednesday called on the country’s judiciary to dissolve parliament by end of next week, threatening unspecific consequences if it does not do what he says. The populist leader has helped inflame tensions in Iraq over the last two weeks by commanding thousands of followers to storm and occupy parliament, preventing

Iraqs Sadrist supporters determined to continue protests unless demands for reforms are met-

After withdrawing his lawmakers from parliament in June, the leader of the Sadrist movement called for early elections and unspecified constitutional changes.

Populist Shiite cleric Muqtada Sadr presses on the Judiciary to dissolve the parliament as a preparation for early elections.

Sadrs bloc emerged from the October polls as the most significant parliamentary faction - Click the link for more details.

Addressing the 'competent judicial authorities', Iraqi Shia cleric Muqtada Al-Sadr called for the dissolution no later than 'the end of next week'.

BAGHDAD (AP) -- An influential Shiite cleric in Iraq whose supporters earlier this month stormed the parliament in Baghdad and have since held a sit-in

Prominent Iraqi cleric and seasoned politician Muqtada al-Sadr has given the country's apex court a one-week ultimatum to dissolve the parliament amid a deepening post-election political crisis gripping the country.

Iraq's powerful Shiite Muslim leader Moqtada Sadr on Wednesday called on the judiciary to dissolve parliament by the end of next week, urging his supporters to keep up a sit-in outside the legislature.Iraq, which has been without a new government in the wake of elections last October, has been facing a deepening political crisis after Sadr's supporters stormed parliament late last month.

Iraqi Shiite cleric urges judiciary to dissolve parliament-