#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.
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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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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
#BREAKING #Basra, southern #Iraq (3) More images of angry Iraqis torching #Iran's consulate.
Iraqis believe Tehran's regime is behind corruption in their country. #BasraProtests
#BREAKING #Basra, southern #Iraq (9) 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.
#Basra, southern #Iraq (11) Iraqis celebrating after destroying the buildings used by #Iran's IRGC & Quds Force to pursue meddling in Iraq. #BasraProtests
#Basra, southern #Iraq (12) 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
#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.
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U.S. President Donald Trump has accepted the resignation of Nikki Haley as UN Ambassador.
My gut tells me an even bigger story will develop.
Rest assured #Iran's regime is terrified about who Trump/Pompeo will appoint as their new envoy. axios.com/donald-trump-n…
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Amb. Nikki Haley spoke six months ago with President Donald Trump about the subject of resigning.
Will be staying at this post until the end of the year.
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Amb. Nikki Haley saying she will be campaigning for President Trump in 2020.
2) "Criminal networks are using Iran as a transit point for illicit Somali charcoal exports that earn Islamist militants al Shabaab millions of dollars annually in tax, U.N. sanctions monitors said in a report seen by Reuters."
3) "... domestic revenue generation by al Qaeda-affiliated al Shabaab 'is more geographically diversified and systematic' than that of Somalia’s federal government."
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Cities across #Iran are witnessing a general strike as stores are closing across the country.
This goes alongside the truckers' nationwide strike that has spread to over 310 cities now. #IranProtests #IranianTruckersOnStrike
October 8
Tehran, #Iran
Sources say all gold market stores are closed. #IranProtests
October 8 #Iran
Images of stores closed in the cities of Saqqez, Baneh, Marivan & Sanandaj. #IranProtests
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Reports indicate atmosphere in #Iran's parliament (the Majlis) is very tense as members review the anti-money laundering Financial Action Task Force (FATF) signing bill.
Sources say "hardliners" are voicing threats about the signing of this bill.
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2) #BreakingNews
"Regarding the FATF, should we commit suicide today by signing this bill because we're going to die in the future?" says Behrouz Nemati, a member of #Iran's Majlis (parliament).
3) "Hardliners in Iran’s parliament have opposed passing legislation toward compliance with FATF standards, arguing it could hamper Iranian financial support for allies such as Lebanon’s Hezbollah, which the US has classified as a terrorist organization." reuters.com/article/us-ira…
"It did not say where Zahedifar was arrested. In a video carried by state broadcaster IRIB, a blindfolded man who identified himself as Zahedifar denied he had fled Iran." uk.reuters.com/article/uk-ira…