Bericht über dem 5. Tag des Aufstands in Basra

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 condemnation of what many Iraqis perceive as Tehran’s interference in their country’s politics.

The consulate was reportedly empty when the crowd burst in.

Al Jazeera | 07.09.2018

„Iraqi protesters set fire to Iranian consulate in Basra“