Thread by @HeshmatAlavi

#BREAKING
Oct 4 - Baghdad, #Iraq
Early morning hours of Friday - Tahrir Square
Demonstrators continuing their protests against government corruption & #Iran's meddling in their country.
Tehran-backed Hashd al-Shaabi (PMF) militia units opening fire on protesters.

Reports indicate #Iran's Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) units are in charge of security around the house of #Iraq PM Adel Abdel Mahdi.

Scenes of the Bayaa neighborhood in Baghdad.

The government-imposed curfew & Abdel Mahdi's speech last night have not calmed the demonstrators.

Tahrir Square - Baghdad, #Iraq
Barrage of gunfire targeting demonstrators protesting corruption & #Iran's meddling.

Mark my words:
Tehran is behind this crackdown. The mullahs believe the fall of Iraq will the beginning of their own toppling.

#UPDATE
Iraqi forces are opening fire directly at demonstrators in Baghdad - via AFP. Protesters are holding #Iran-backed Hashd al-Shaabi (PMF) units responsible for shooting at demonstrators.

Iraqis posting videos saying security forces use live ammo.

Oct 4 - Baghdad, #Iraq
Iraqi forces shooting at demonstrators protesting corruption & #Iran's meddling.

Quoting @thestevennabil:
"We are not Sadrist or Sistanist or Sunni or Shiite we are Iraqis! Why do you fire at us? I make $8 a day we want to live!"

@thestevennabil #BREAKING
Reuters quoting Iraqi sources: 44 people killed since protests began last Tuesday.

Images of injured Iraqi protesters.
Credit: @thestevennabil

@thestevennabil #UPDATE
-Major dispatching of security forces in Maysan province, southern #Iraq

-Oct 4 video claims #Iran is deploying anti-riot units into Iraq through the Mehran border crossing to quell Iraqi protesters.

@thestevennabil #UPDATE
Oct 4 - Maysan Province, southern #Iraq
Security forces opening fire on demonstrators, martial law & internet crackdown. Protests continuing in many provinces.

Report: #Iran-backed groups intend to infiltrate their members into the protesters's ranks to create violence.

@thestevennabil Recently obtained video showing Iraqi protesters taking over an armored vehicle belonging to the #Iran-backed Hashd al-Shaabi (PMF) militias.
PMF units have been opening fire on demonstrators across central & southern #Iraq.

@thestevennabil #UPDATE
-Iraqi security forces fire bird-shots to disperse hundreds of demonstrators in central Baghdad

-Government snipers taking out protesters in Baghdad's Tayran square, many hit by direct fire

-Recently obtained video showing courageous Iraqi demonstrators

@thestevennabil #UPDATE
Oct 4 - #Iraq
-Iraqi security forces forcibly disperse demonstrations in Maysan and Dhi Qar provinces
-Al-Hadath: Demonstrators in Diwaniya entering the governor's building, clashing with security forces
-Protesters braving shots fired by #Iran-backed militias in Baghdad

@thestevennabil #BREAKING
Oct 4 - Nasiriyah, southern #Iraq
Fierce gunfire heard as demonstrators continue their protests against corruption & #Iran's meddling in their country.

@thestevennabil Oct 4 - Baghdad, #Iraq
Intense gunfire targeting demonstrators in the capital's Zeitoon Street near Tahrir Square.
Iraqis are saying #Iran-backed Hashd al-Shaabi (PMF) militias are firing live bullets & targeting demonstrators.