- Supporters of populist leader Muqtada al-Sadr begin to withdraw from Baghdad’s Green Zone after calls to fully retreat from the area.
- Al-Sadr supporters earlier fired rocket-propelled grenades and machine guns at the Green Zone as security forces returned fire.
- The fighting between rival Iraqi forces had continued for a second day in Baghdad, where 30 people have been killed and hundreds more wounded.
- Al-Sadr announced his resignation from politics two days ago and is expected to make a speech.
- Iraq’s government has been deadlocked since al-Sadr’s party won the most seats in October parliamentary elections but not enough to secure a majority government.
This live blog is now closed, thank you for joining us. These were the updates from the Iraq political crisis on Tuesday, August 30: