The details of Iraqi cleric Moqtada al-Sadr's decision to withdraw his party from the parliament after months of failed coalition building are becoming increasingly clear. What happened was never exactly a secret, but Sadr's plurality was unable to form a government without the rival Shi'ite bloc, the Iran-linked State of Law faction. Sadr didn't want to work with them and had his entire bloc resign. | Sadr denied rumors that Iran had directly pressured him…<\/span><\/p>\nTanupriya Singh<\/span> (2022-06-22)<\/span>. Belgium returns remains of assassinated Congolese leader Patrice Lumumba but what about justice?<\/a><\/span> peoplesdispatch.org<\/a><\/span>