Demonstranten in Basra zünden iranisches Konsulat an
Protesters in Basra burned the Iranian consulate in southern Iraq Friday night. In a major escalation of the week Long protests and months of unrest in Basra, Iranian-linked sites were burned, according to numerous sources in Basra.
Muqtada al-Sadr and senior cleric Ali Sistani have supported the protests. Sistani said after Friday prayers that the “failure of iraqi politicians over the past years is what caused the anger of of people in Basra so this time a government must be formed by new standards based on technocrats.”
Protesters attacked the headquarters of Badr and other Iranian-linked militias and parties on Thursday and Friday, according to social media accounts in Basra. On Friday they burned a part of the Iranian consulate and took videos celebrating while demanding Iran leave Iraq.
They were referring to the feeling the Iran’s influence is extending too deeply into Iraq’s politics.