On Wednesday, the leader of the Sadrist movement, Muqtada al-Sadr, directed that eight members of his private office should not travel.
The movement’s media said in a statement, “His Eminence told the administrative official in Hanana, Mustafa al-Yaqoubi, to inform the members whose names are listed below, Sheikh Mahmoud al-Jayashi, Sayyid Haider al-Jabri, Sayyid Aoun al-Nabi, Sheikh Hassan al-Athari, Sayyid Jalil al-Nuri, Sheikh Ahmad al-Mutairi, Sheikh Kazem al-Issawi and Sheikh Moayad al-Asadi.”
The directive included “not traveling outside Iraq during the blessed month of Ramadan, due to important matters related to the public and private situation.” It also included “adherence to the devotional approach for the blessed month of Ramadan, which you will be notified of orally later, and the presence of several important meetings that they must attend, may God reward them with good.”