The Iraqi interior minister brokered a ceasefire with deputies of Muqtada al-Sadr, the Shia cleric who leads the Mahdi Army, but the potential for violence remains.

• 萨德尔是一名领导迈赫迪军的什叶派教士，伊拉克内政部长作中间人，与穆克塔达?德尔的代表达成了停火协议，但依然可能引发暴力冲突。