Iraq Executes Former Saddam Official Over 1980 Assassination of Ayatollah Baqir Al-Sadr
Iraq has executed a former senior security official from Saddam Hussein’s regime for his role in the 1980 execution of prominent Shia cleric Mohammed Baqir al-Sadr, the government announced on Monday. The National Security Service said Saadoun Sabri al-Qaisi, a…


