Cleric Al Sadr urges followers to resist 'occupiers' in Iran

A Shia cleric who led two uprisings in Iraq has urged his followers to resist what he described as occupiers from the US, Israel and Britain.

Moqtada Al Sadr was making his first speech since returning from a four-year exile in Iran.

Speaking to supporters in Najaf he urged them to give the new government, led by Shia Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, a chance to prove itself.