Demonstrators have breached Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone to protest against the selection of a nominee for prime minister by Iran-backed parties.
The demonstrators were largely followers of influential Shi'ite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, who recently stepped down from the political process despite having won the most seats in the October federal election.They staged a sit-in and issued demands for political reform after then-prime minister Haidar al-Abadi sought to replace party-affiliated ministers with technocrats in an anti-corruption drive.
Mr al-Sadr exited government formation talks after he was not able to persuade enough legislators to choose him as Iraq's next president.Many fear doing so also opens the doors to street protests organised by Mr al-Sadr's large grass roots following and instability.
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