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

Sep 7, 2018, 31 tweets

#BREAKING
#Basra, #Iraq
Reports indicate Iraqi protesters have set fire to #Iran's consulate in this city as #BasraProtests continue against corruption & Tehran-backed Shiite parties.

#BREAKING
More incoming report from #Basra in southern #Iraq indicating protesters storming & torching #Iran's consulate.
#BasraProtests
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(File Photo from Sep 6)

#BREAKING
Video of #Basra in southern #Iraq showing protesters storming & torching what is said to be #Iran's consulate.
#BasraProtests

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More footage of #Basra in southern #Iraq showing protesters, angry of Tehran's meddling in the country, storming & torching what is said to be #Iran's consulate.
#BasraProtests

#BREAKING
#Basra, southern #Iraq
Angry Iraqi, furious of Tehran's meddling in the country, stormed & torched what is said to be #Iran's consulate.
#BasraProtests

#BREAKING
#Basra, southern #Iraq
Angry Iraqis have reportedly torched #Iran's consulate in this oil-rich and strategic city.
Iran used to enjoy heavy influence over Iraq's Shiite majority.
Those days are coming to an end.
#BasraProtests

#BREAKING
#Basra, southern #Iraq
This is the huge wave of angry Iraqis that marched towards #Iran's consulate & torched the building.
The sheer size of the crowd is quite telling.
#BasraProtests

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#Basra, southern #Iraq
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More videos of angry Iraqis torching #Iran's consulate.
#BasraProtests

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#Basra, southern #Iraq
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More images of angry Iraqis torching #Iran's consulate.
#BasraProtests

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Sep 6 - #Basra, southern #Iraq
Base of Saraya Khorasani set ablaze by Iraqi protesters.
This is a militia group directly linked to #Iran's Revolutionary Guards (IRGC).
#BasraProtests

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#Basra, southern #Iraq
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More images of angry Iraqis torching #Iran's consulate.
Iraqis believe Tehran's regime is behind corruption in their country.
#BasraProtests

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#Basra, southern #Iraq
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More images of angry Iraqis torching #Iran's consulate.
#BasraProtests

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#Basra, southern #Iraq
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More images of angry Iraqis destroying #Iran's consulate.
#BasraProtests

#BREAKING
#Iran closes it's border crossing to #Basra, #Iraq, after protesters destroy & torch its consulate.
#BasraProtests

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#Basra, southern #Iraq
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More images of angry Iraqis destroying #Iran's consulate.
#BasraProtests

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#Basra, southern #Iraq
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More images of angry Iraqis destroying #Iran's consulate.
#BasraProtests

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#Basra, southern #Iraq
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More images of angry Iraqis destroying #Iran's consulate & raising the flag of Iraq at this site.
#BasraProtests

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#Basra, southern #Iraq
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More images of angry Iraqis destroying #Iran's consulate.
After years of Tehran boasting of enjoying the Iraqi Shiite's support, see how they trample this regime's flag.
#BasraProtests

#Basra, southern #Iraq
A young Iraqi protester expressing his hatred of #Iran's regime, burning the mullahs' flag in one hand while holding an image of Tehran's leaders upside down in another.

BEAUTIFUL!

#Winning

#Basra, southern #Iraq
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More images of angry Iraqis destroying #Iran's consulate.
#BasraProtests

#Basra, southern #Iraq
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Iraqis celebrating after destroying the buildings used by #Iran's IRGC & Quds Force to pursue meddling in Iraq.
#BasraProtests

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Iraqis army units joining the people in their demonstrations against #Iran's meddling.
After Tehran spent billions infiltrating in Iraq & killing innocent people, this is how the Iraqi people are responding.
#BasraProtests

#Basra, southern #Iraq
(13)
Reports indicate a diplomatic vehicle belonging to #Iran's consulate was fleeing the scene with a high speed, hitting a number individuals, including children, in its path.
#BasraProtests

#Basra, southern #Iraq
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More footage of #Iran's consulate torched by angry Iraqi protesters.
#BasraProtests

#BREAKING
#Basra, southern #Iraq
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If true, this is #Iran's regime responding to the #BasraProtests.

#Basra, southern #Iraq
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Iraqi protesters torching the Iranian regime's flag.

This flag DOES NOT represent the Iranian people.

#BasraProtests

#Basra, southern #Iraq
(17)
Video footage shows the Badr Corps building stormed & torched by Iraqi protesters.

The Badr Corps is associated directly to #Iran's IRGC Quds Force.

#BasraProtests

#Iraq
(18)
Shiite Iraqi clerics seen here rallying outside a pro-#Iran center & chanting:

"No to @Khamenei_ir"
"No to the pharoah"
"No to Khomeini" (the Iranian regime founder)
"No to the devil"

So much for Tehran claiming to enjoy major support among Shiite Iraqis.

#Basra, #Iraq
(19)
Protesters seen tearing down a large poster of #Iran regime founder Ruhollah Khomeini.

#Basra, #Iraq
(20)
After pouring billions into Iraq and meddling in this country's affairs for decades in pursuit of their own interests, it must be hard for #Iran's mullahs to witness protesters trample images of Supreme Leader Ali @khamenei_ir.

#Winning

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#Iran's downfall in #Iraq continues after #Basra, as other Shiite cities are also witnessing anti-Tehran protests.

Edited video shows offices of militias linked to IRGC Quds Force set ablaze by Iraqi protesters.

Iraq's version of #WalkAway.
#Winning

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