Oct 30, riots watchNext eruption of mass riots in IraqIranians-controlled Iraqi government attempts to reduce the social tensions and overcome the wave of protests across the region have led to a new outbreak of protest. After 5 weeks from the beginning of mass protest in Iraq, which have left hundreds of people dead, after a relative calm week, huge anti-government protests are renewed. Last days huge actions erupted in Nasiriya and Baghdad. Many thousands of people concentrated in the central squares and streets.
Protesters are trying to go into Iranian embassy in Baghdad, they call Iranian embassy “source of evil and sedition”, and chanting: “Qasem Soleimany is Iranian murderer”. This time Sunni as well Shia communities are deeply involved into riots.
The day after anti-government protests erupted in Iraq, Iranian Gen. Qassim Soleimani flew into Baghdad late at night and chaired a security meeting in place of the prime minister. The arrival of Soleimani signaled Tehran’s concern over the protests, which had erupted across the capital and in Iraq’s Shiite heartland, and included calls for Iran to stop meddling in the country.
Protesters are preparing to collisions with police.
