The influential cleric, Muqtada al-Sadr, issued a statement calling on the government to " submit a protest note to the United Nations and the Iranian ambassador" and to ask for guarantees that such an attack would not be repeated in the future.

颇具影响力的神职人员穆克塔达·萨德尔发表了一份声明，呼吁政府" 向联合国和伊朗大使提交一份抗议函件" ，并要求他们保证今后不会再发生这样的袭击。