The failed attempt on the life of Iraq's prime minister has been pegged as a major escalation in the conflict between the current government and Iran-backed militant groups. Senior officials said the attack may also have been the militant groups' way of overturning last month's election results.

Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi escaped with his life after a drone carrying bombs detonated near his home in Baghdad uninjured. In a video released by his office on Sunday, Kadhimi was shown chairing a meeting with top security officers to review the drone strike.

During the meeting, Kadhimi described the attempt on his life as a "cowardly terrorist attack." The prime minister was not seriously injured when the door exploded outside the front door of his home. Seven guards were reportedly injured, but none were in critical condition.

An interior ministry spokeswoman told state news agency INA that three drones were utilized in the attack, two of which were shot down by security officers and a third of which detonated outside the prime minister's home.

The security situation in the Green Zone, which includes the residence, government buildings, and foreign embassies, remained stable following the incident, armed forces officials said.

Regional intelligence sources claimed that the attack might have been carried out by Iran-linked organizations that lost two-thirds of their parliamentary seats in the national election. The same groups had attempted to breach the green zone on Friday before being repelled by government security forces.

It's still unclear whether Iran directed the strike. In an increasingly unstable context, the political supremacy in Baghdad between nationalist interests and Iran-aligned blocs is once again being aggressively challenged.

The attempted breach into the green zone on Friday resulted in the death of one protester and the injuring of many security personnel. Qais al-Khazali, the commander of one of the militant organizations, Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq, condemned the death of the protester, stating that Iraqi officials would be held accountable. He claimed that all they wanted to do when they charged toward the green zone was to stop "electoral fraud."

Shi'ite Muslim leader Moqtada al-Sadr, whose party won the most votes in last month's election, described the bombing as a terrorist strike intended at returning Iraq to a state of disorder. The incident was denounced by the US, the UN, Saudi Arabia, and Iran.