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Covering #Iran & #MidEast, especially what MSM won't Have a passion for exposing Tehran apologists/lobbyists

Jul 17, 2018, 15 tweets

#IraqProtests Update
(1)
July 16 - Baghdad, #Iraq
Reports indicate security forces have opened fire on protesters.
Demonstrators are demanding better services & protesting #Iran's meddling.

#IraqProtests Update
(2)
July 16 - Baghdad, #Iraq
Sources say protesters took control over the capital's Sho'le district.

#IraqProtests Update
(3)
July 16 - Baghdad, #Iraq
Reports also indicate protesters took control over the road leading to Baghdad International Airport.

#IraqProtests Update
(4)
July 16 - #Iraq
Protesters are seen setting fire to a large poster of Iranian regime founder Khomeini & current Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.

Chanting: "#Iran, out, out"

#BREAKING
#IraqProtests Update
(5)
July 17 - #Iraq PM Hayder al-Abadi says Saudi Arabia will be providing electricity to Iraq, replacing #Iran's electricity.
asriran.com/fa/news/621220…

This is what I call humiliating for Tehran's mullahs.
#Winning

#IraqProtests Update
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July 16 - Baghdad, #Iraq
Scenes of protesters blocking the road leading to the capital's international airport.
Protesters are demanding better services, such as electricity, & protesting #Iran's meddling in their country.

#IraqProtests Update
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July 17 - Kut, Wasit Province, southern #Iraq
Large demonstration against political parties with affiliation to #Iran's regime.

Tehran is witnessing years of investment going down the drain.
The people are #Winning.

#IraqProtests Update
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Baghdad, #Iraq
This image is being shared by Iraqi users, saying a young Iraqi is being tortured by "Seyed Yousef," a member of the #Iran-associated "Tharallah" group.

#IraqProtests Update
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Nasiriyah, southern #Iraq
Reports indicate army units have joined the demonstrators.

Another case of the people #Winning.

#IraqProtests Update
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Basra, southern #Iraq
Reports indicate numerous trucks of Iraqi army troops have joined the demonstrators.
It is worth noting that the Iraqi army, especially in the south, are Shiite & not willing to open fire on their compatriots.

People #Winning.

#IraqProtests Update
(11)
#Iraq
Kuwait's Al-Seyassah daily reporting Iraqi demonstrators blocking roads to oil fields & setting fire to posters of #Iran'ian regime founder Khomeini.
They're chanting: "Torch Khomeini & the Hashd al-Shaabi (PMF)."
People #Winning
(File Photos)

#IraqProtests Update
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#Iraq PM Hayder al-Abadi:
"#Iran is asking us to pay for electricity while we had arrangements to receive electricity free of charge. The Iraqi government is now obligated to now obtain electricity from Saudi Arabia."

Mullahs becoming isolated.
#Winning

#IraqProtests Update
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Reports indicate #Iran's #IRGC forces have entered the city of Basra in southern #Iraq wearing Iraqi uniforms.
When releasing a number of arrested protesters, locals realized the IRGC members can't speak Arabic,

If true, it shows Tehran's grave concerns

#IraqProtests Update
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Najaf, #Iraq
July 17
Youths protesting #Iran-linked Shiite political parties and groups, and Tehran's meddling in their country.

Iran state media & #MSM report these protests are merely over poor services.

#IraqProtests Update
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#Iraq
While #Iran's media & #MSM claim Iraqi protesters are merely demanding better services, here's a video of these protesters tearing apart a poster of Iranian Supreme Leader @khamenei_ir.
#Winning

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