Baghdad, Iraq, Sep 7 Protesters stormed the Iranian consulate in southern Iraq’s city of Basra, setting it on fire as part of deadly demonstrations against lack of services and jobs in which several government buildings have been ransacked and torched. Demonstrators on Friday broke into the consulate building in Basra, shouting …
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Expansion of anti-Iranian demonstrations from Basra to other cities of Iraq
Baghdad, Iraq, July 13 Two more demonstrators were killed in southern Iraq, officials said, as protests against unemployment spread on Saturday from the port city of Basra to other parts of the country including Baghdad. Authorities scrambled to rein in days of unrest by declaring a curfew in Basra province, …
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