Influential Iraqi cleric Muqtada al-Sadr has urged Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and allied armed groups to stop launching attacks from Iraq. Sadr warned the groups against pulling the country into another conflict and called on Baghdad to assert state control. “Iraq and its people need peace,” al-Sadr said, calling for a region free from foreign military bases and colonial domination. Iran war: What is Pickaxe Mountain and why does Trump want to attack it? The country is home to many Shia factions, who have strong ties to both Iran and the central Iraqi government.