2022 Baghdad clashes

Following Iraqi politician Muqtada al-Sadr's announcement of his resignation from politics in 2022, a civil conflict broke out between supporters of Sadr and pro-Iranian forces. The move came after the resignation of Grand Ayatollah Kadhim Al-Haeri, the leader of his Iran-based Sadrist movement, which Sadr believed wasn't of his own volition. The unrest was considered the most serious crisis in the country since the defeat of the Islamic State in the country in 2017, since which Iraq has had relative stability. The clashes left at least 30 people dead and 700 more injured, including 110 members of the security forces.