Muqtada al-Sadr says US should compensate Iraqis as last American forces leave

Muqtada al-Sadr says US should compensate Iraqis as last American forces leave Submitted by Alex MacDonald on Wed, 09/30/2026 - 10:36 Influential cleric urges Iraqis to file legal claims over two decades of 'occupation' Iraqi Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr delivers a speech during a ceremony marking the death anniversary of his father Grand Ayatollah Mohammed Sadeq al-Sadr, in the southern Iraqi city of Najaf on 1 May (Qassem al-Kaabi/AFP) Off Influential Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr has said the US should compensate I