Sadr urges Iraqis to participate in elections
IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency
Tehran, March 6, IRNA -- Leader of Sadr Movement in Iraq urged all Iraqis to participate in the parliamentary elections in that country so that the ground is prepared for the foreign forces to leave Iraq.
In a press conference here on Saturday afternoon, Moqtada Sadr said, "Although elections in Iraq under the occupiers cannot be legitimate, I ask the Iraqi nation to attend the election and turn it into a political resistance, so that the occupiers leave Iraq."
He added, "I ask Iraqi believers to go to ballots and elect people who are devoted to prepare the ground for liberation of Iraq."
He went on to say people should be elected who are willing to serve Iraqi nation and are not following their own parties' interests.
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End News / IRNA / News Code 997361
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