Brehs. Muqtada Al-Sadr is about to be the Iraqi president

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He has good contacts with the Saudis (even met the Clown Prince last year). He is disliked by the Iranian government and clerics as an unreliable and unthankful lunatic.

Yh I don't see how this a W for Iran. Saudis were backing him because he's an Arab nationalist and not an Iranian puppet.

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MBS was trying to lure him into Riyadh’s orbit. Al Sadr is known for propagating Arabness and the Iranians don't really like that. Saudis would prefer pro-Arab Shia to a pro-Iran one.
 

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Yh I don't see how this a W for Iran. Saudis were backing him because he's an Arab nationalist and not an Iranian puppet.

Sadr-MBS.jpg


MBS was trying to lure him into Riyadh’s orbit. Al Sadr is known for propagating Arabness and the Iranians don't really like that. Saudis would prefer pro-Arab Shia to a pro-Iran one.
an adviser to khameni said tehran wont let al-sadr's bloc govern.
Fiery cleric Sadr taps anger over Iran to lead Iraq poll
 

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Yh I don't see how this a W for Iran. Saudis were backing him because he's an Arab nationalist and not an Iranian puppet.

Sadr-MBS.jpg


MBS was trying to lure him into Riyadh’s orbit. Al Sadr is known for propagating Arabness and the Iranians don't really like that. Saudis would prefer pro-Arab Shia to a pro-Iran one.
this...wont end well..

I'm hearing he's closer to KSA than I realized :francis:
 
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