Baghdad - The radical Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr on Tuesday called upon his followers to abide by an agreement, signed between Sadrist movement and the United Iraqi Alliance, to stop fighting in Baghdad's Sadr City.
Al-Sadr urged his Shiite followers to implement the agreement, which encapsulates 16 articles and should last for only four days, according to a statement written in his handwriting.
Khalid Attiya, an official in the United Iraqi Alliance, told the media on Tuesday that the governmental-Sadrist agreement achieved peace on both sides and settled tensions in Sadr City, in eastern Baghdad.