Al-Sadiqoun Bloc

Al-Sadiqoun Bloc or just Al-Sadiqoun is a Shia Islamist political party in Iraq led by Adnan Fayhan Moussa Cheri.

History

Al-Sadiqoun is a political wing of the Shia Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq, a Shia anti-American group with alleged Iranian patronage.
Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq leader Qais Khazali declared the intention of his group of taking part in the 2014 Iraqi [parliamentary election|2014 Iraqi Parliamentary elections] as a political bloc under the name of Al-Sadiqoun Bloc. Adnan Fihan Moussa Cheri was named leader of the bloc. Al-Sadiqoun Bloc offered its candidates under electoral listing #218.
However an electoral meeting of estimated 10,000 supporters of Al-Sadiqoun was marred by violence as a series of bombs exploded at the campaign rally held at the Industrial Stadium in eastern Baghdad killing at least 37 people and wounding scores of others, according to Iraqi police. The Shia group organizers had planned to announce at the rally the names of its candidates for the parliamentary election.
The Al-Sadiqoun Bloc ended up winning just one seat out of the total 328 seats in the Council of Representatives for 2014, with its successful candidate elected from the Baghdad Governorate.