Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi decided to resign in response to a call Friday by Iraq’s powerful Shiite Muslim religious leader, Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani, for a change of leadership, according to a statement issued by the prime minister’s office.
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The statement said Abdul Mahdi’s resignation aims to “preserve the blood” of Iraqis, hundreds of whom have been killed in protests since early October.
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