Shi'ite cleric Sayyid Muqtada al-Sadr, whose Saairun party won the most seats in the Iraqi parliament in May, does not rule out the return of Iraqi Jews to Iraq.
Asked on social networks, "Will there be Jews of Iraqi origin who are entitled to return to Iraq after the previous policy led to their emigration in the middle of the last century, in light of the fact that they have assets and they were part of Iraqi society?" Al-Sadr replied, "If they are loyal to Iraq, then welcome."