Shafaq News/ A close source to Sadr's movement leader , Moqtada al-Sadr warned on Thursday of an " imminent danger" in Iraq.

Saleh Mohammed al-Iraqi said in a post on Facebook that "the media cover-up and cutting the Internet in Iraq  ... Portends a grave danger... Peace for rebels."

Thousands of people marched in Tahrir Square in central Baghdad on Tuesday in protests demanding services, improving living conditions, providing jobs for the unemployed, eradicating rampant unemployment in the society, and widespread financial and administrative corruption in state departments and institutions.

The federal government announced a curfew in Baghdad from 5 a.m. on Thursday until further notice.

The governorates also witnessed several angry popular protests, including Wasit, Kirkuk, Diwaniya, Maysan, Basra, Karbala and Dhi Qar.