Al-Hakim was buried next to his brother Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim. Saturday marked the six-year anniversary of his brother's assassination in a car bombing in Najaf that also killed and wounded dozens.

Mohammad Baqir al-Sadr was a leading Iraqi Shiite cleric and political critic who opposed the secular Ba’athist government of the former Iraqi president. His opposition intensified following the ...

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani announced on Friday that security forces had arrested a group of former officers responsible for executing prominent religious leader Mohammad Baqir Al ...