Pemerintah di Teheran, yang dituduh Washington memasok senjata dan memberikan pelatihan kepada kelompok-kelompok bersenjata Syiah seperti Tentara Mahdi, membantah bahwa Sadr berada di Iran.
The government in Tehran, which has been accused by Washington of supplying weapons and training to armed Shiite groups such as the Mahdi Army, denies that Sadr is in Iran.