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Iraqi law enforcement officers in Baghdad. File photoCAiro, Aug 29 Iraqi army units are deployed on the streets of Baghdad, where protests by supporters of influential Shiite politician Muqtada al-Sadr continue, Al Arabiya TV channel reported. «Green Zone» Baghdad on Monday. Hundreds of supporters of the influential Iraqi Shiite politician Muqtada al-Sadr, after his announcement of his retirement from politics, broke into the «green zone» of Baghdad. The protesters also broke into the Republican Palace, the headquarters of the Iraqi government, located in the same place where the clashes between them and law enforcement forces took place.The Russian Foreign Ministry spoke out against turning Iraq into a confrontation zone“Iraqi army units are deployed on the streets of Baghdad. The army has arrived to reinforce the security forces in the city in connection with the ongoing protests of al-Sadr supporters,” the channel reports. Iraqi security forces earlier took full control of the Republican Palace in Baghdad, seized on Monday by supporters of Muqtada al-Sadr. It was reported that the security forces used firearms and tear gas. On Friday evening, paramilitaries of the Saraya al-Salam (Peace Detachment) brigade, subordinate to al-Sadr, arrived in the protest areas. On Monday, al-Sadr, whose supporters continue to protest in parliament, said he was finally leaving politics. An influential Shia cleric and politician also hinted that he could be killed. The Iraqi authorities announced the introduction of a curfew on Monday evening throughout the country. Protests by supporters of Muqtada al-Sadr resumed in Baghdad at the end of July. The demonstrators stormed into the parliament building and said they had no plans to leave it. In August, al-Sadr called on the country's judiciary to dissolve parliament, and the country's president to set a date for early elections to the legislature. However, the Iraqi Supreme Judicial Council refused.Iran canceled flights from Tehran to Baghdad due to the aggravation of the situation in Iraq. The «Coordination Platform» also called on followers to protest at the borders of the «green zone». Earlier, Amer al-Faiz, one of the leaders of the Coordination Platform bloc, told RIA Novosti that the bloc did not plan to recall its candidate for prime minister. Iraq is in a state of political crisis. After the parliamentary elections held back in October 2021, the political forces of the country were not able to elect a new president and form a government. other parties and independent parliamentarians to form a cabinet. In June, the bloc's deputies resigned amid a protracted government-formation crisis.