(Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs) Iran Desk - In the latest round of protests in Iraq, hundreds of protesters surrounded the Iranian consulate in Karbala with cries of "Iran, Get Out, Get Out from Iraq....Baghdad Will Remain Free." They burned Iranian flags and caused heavy damage to the consulate building. The protesters also trampled on pictures of Iranian Al-Quds force commander Gen. Qasem Soleimani. The Iranian consulate in Basra was also set ablaze with cries of "Stop the Persian Occupation of Arab Iraq," despite attempts by Shiite militias to protect it. Influential Iraqi Shiite cleric Muqtada Al-Sadr has warned several times of the harm of Iran's escalating involvement in Iraq through pro-Iranian Shiite militias and its plans to convert Iraq to a front in Iran's regional efforts. He said Iraq has become a target for retaliatory action by Iran's rivals and it pays with "the blood of its citizens" because of Iranian activities.
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