The leader of the Sadr movement, Muqtada al-Sadr, called on Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi and the political elites to resign or reform to contain the crisis of escalating demonstrations in many provinces of the country, which resulted in two days of dozens of deaths.

"If demonstrations, sit-ins or strikes are not a solution in the opinion of some, is adherence to power a solution?" Sadr asked in a statement to address the prime minister and the ruling political parties.

"If you want the people not to be killed or burned, you corrupt, stop your hands from them and stop your oppression and oppression," Sadr told the ruling authorities.

The leader of the Sadrist movement called on the prime minister to stand with the demonstrators demanding reform, and warned of "Iraq slipping into the turmoil of civil strife and if the demands of the demonstrators are not met."

Demonstrations in Tahrir Square (central Baghdad) for the second day in a row, during which more than sixty people were killed.

The protesters decided to start an open sit-in in Tahrir Square until their demands focused on improving the living situation and the departure of the political class.

The House of Representatives failed on Saturday to hold a session to discuss the demands of the demonstrators and the decisions of the Council of Ministers on reforms.

For its part, said the follow-up cell in the Office of the Iraqi Prime Minister that several committees to coordinate the demonstrations in the provinces announced the postponement of the demonstration and withdrew from it because of the deviation of the course of peaceful demonstrations.

The Iraqi media quoted the follow-up cell that the postponement of the demonstrations came to reveal what they called coordination coordinators and opportunists who carried out killings and settling accounts.

The Iraqi Human Rights Commission (an official of the parliament) announced on Saturday the death toll among demonstrators in Baghdad and the central and southern provinces of the country - within two days - to 63, in addition to the injury of 2592 other demonstrators and security personnel.

The Commission also pointed to the burning and damage to 83 government buildings and party headquarters in the provinces of Diwaniya, Missan, Wasit, Dhi Qar, Basra, Muthanna, Babylon and Karbala.

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Armed factions
Meanwhile, the leaders of armed factions vowed "revenge" after bloody night attacks on their headquarters in the south of the country, raising fears of escalating violence in Iraq, which is witnessing a wave of protests demand.

On Friday evening, protesters set fire to southern Iraq at dozens of political party headquarters and officials, especially armed factions belonging to the Popular Mobilization Forces, such as the Asaib Ahl al-Haq and the Badr Organization.

The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Iraq, Jenin Hennes-Blachart, expressed "deep concern at the attempt by armed entities to impede the stability and unity of Iraq and to undermine the right of people to peaceful assembly and their legitimate demands."