National Security Agency said Friday it arrested a former high-level security official for his involvement in the 1980 execution of a prominent Shiite cleric and his sister during Saddam Hussein's brutal crackdown on religious opposition.
1979 Iranian Revolution in Iran, which heightened Saddam's fears of a Shiite-led uprising in Iraq.
Shiite activists, al-Sadr and his sister Bint al-Huda, a religious scholar and activist who spoke out against government oppression, were arrested.
downfall.
The Associated Press.
Iraq on 26 February 2023 and was arrested in Erbil 44 years after the execution.
Mohammed Shia' al-Sudani praised the arrest on X, saying, "We reaffirm our commitment to tracking down criminals, no matter how long they have been on the run."
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