The influential Shia cleric says early elections is the only way out of the current unrest gripping the country.

Iraq’s top Shia cleric Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani has strongly condemned lynching of a 16-year-old teenager by a group of protesters in Baghdad’s Al Wathba Square.

The recent wave of unrest in Iraq stems from an “international and regional conspiracy” against the government and people of the Arab country, a senior Iraqi politician says.

Iraqis took to the streets of Baghdad on Friday, the second day in a row, to show support for Ayatollah Ali al-Sistanti.

Two Katyusha rockets have landed inside Balad air base near the Iraqi capital city of Baghdad, with no casualties or damage reported from the attack.

A political commentator says top Shia cleric Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani has played an important role to restore peace to Iraq. 

Iraqis take to the streets of the capital, Baghdad, in a show of support for the country’s religious authority, who has demanded peaceful anti-government protesters distance themselves from saboteurs.

At least nine people have been injured after a hand grenade was hurled at security forces in the downtown of Iraqi capital Baghdad.

Iraq’s parliament approves the resignation of Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi, which came after top Shia cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani urged the parliament to “reconsider” its support for the incumbent government.

Iraqi authorities are going to summon and prosecute a number of top officials over corruption within the next few days.