Khaberni - The Iraqi National Security Agency announced today, Monday, that it carried out the death penalty by hanging for Saadoun Sabri Al-Qaisi, convicted of killing the Shiite cleric Muhammad Baqir Al-Sadr.
The Iraqi News Agency quoted the spokesman for the National Security Agency, Arshad Al-Hakim, as saying that "the execution by hanging until death was carried out against the convicted Saadoun Sabri Al-Qaisi."
Al-Hakim explained that this took place after completing all the judicial procedures inherent to the case, based on the National Security Agency's efforts in investigation and intelligence surveillance.
The spokesman said that Al-Qaisi "was convicted of committing grave humanitarian crimes, including involvement in the murder of the martyred sir Muhammad Baqir Al-Sadr, as well as a number of scholars from the Al-Hakim house and innocent citizens."
In late January 2025, Iraq announced the arrest of 5 individuals described as "among the fiercest criminals from the followers of the former regime and the killers of the martyr Al-Sadr and his sister, along with thousands of Iraqis."
The National Security Agency then indicated that among them was Saadoun Sabri Al-Qaisi with the rank of brigadier, and stated that Al-Qaisi "explicitly confessed to carrying out the execution with his personal weapon against the martyred sir Muhammad Baqir Al-Sadr, his sister, and implementing mass executions of opponents."
Muhammad Baqir Al-Sadr was a well-known Shiite cleric, one of the prominent founders of the Islamic Dawa Party, an opposition group. He was executed by Saddam Hussein's regime in 1980 under charges of "espionage and colluding with Iran."
