Thread by @HeshmatAlavi

Oct 4 - Baghdad, #Iraq
Iraqis are risking their lives to protest for a country without corruption & an end to #Iran's meddling.

Official death toll: 65

Oct 4 - Shatrah, Dhi Qar Province, southern #Iraq
Scenes of protesters taking control over local government buildings.
#Iran-backed Hashd al-Shaabi (PMF) militia resorted to firing live bullets, yet the protesters are relentless.

People power in #Iraq!
Huge crowd forces #Iran-backed Hashd al-Shaabi (PMF) militias to flee.

#UPDATE
Iraqi Health Ministry:
-At least 100 dead since demonstrations began
-Over 2,500 people are reported to be wounded

#UPDATE
Death toll from demonstrations across Iraq rises to 73, with more than 3,000 injured

Iraqi demonstrators saying to security forces you are not Iraqi.
Many reports indicate #Iran's regime dispatching units of the Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) and Khorasani militia members to #Iraq to quell the demonstrations.

Death toll: 75

Recently obtained footage of Baghdad, #Iraq, shows intense gunfire targeting demonstrators.

#UPDATE
Reports indicate U.S. helicopters landing in the heavily-fortified "Green Zone" of Baghdad, Iraq, where most government buildings and foreign embassies are located.

#BREAKING
-New anti-government protests in #Iraq & #Iran's meddling, shootings in central Baghdad - via AFP
-Iraq protest death toll nears 100, almost 4,000 injured: rights panel

Oct 5 - Baghdad, #Iraq
Iraqi demonstrators on the capital's Jomhouri (Republic) Bridge able to force anti-riot units to flee & confiscate their vehicles.

Reuters quoting Iraqi security: Five killed today in Baghdad clashes between protesters & security forces

Oct 5 - Baghdad, #Iraq
The ID of an Iranian man, Hossein Esmaeil Vandi, son of Fazel, was obtained by Iraqi demonstrators. He was inside an Iraqi HUMVEE vehicle forced to stop by the protesters.

#Iran-backed Hashd al-Shaabi (PMF) militia units rescued Vandi & helped him flee.

#BREAKING
Oct 5 - Nasiriyah, southern #Iraq
Protesters setting fire to office of the #Iran-linked Dawa Party (led by former Iraqi PM Nouri al-Maliki) & the Badr Organization.

#UPDATE
Oct 5 - #Iraq
-94 killed
-4,000 Wounded
-540 arrested (200 now in custody)
(Credit @Joyce_Karam)

-Internet down 72 hours now

https://twitter.com/netblocks/status/1180535643610521601

@Joyce_Karam #BREAKING
Oct 5 - Baghdad, #Iraq
Scenes of major protests continuing for the fifth consecutive day against government corruption & #Iran's meddling, all despite heavy crackdown.

@Joyce_Karam #UPDATE
Iraqi MP Ahmed al-Jabouri: Snipers are killing protesters in Baghdad under orders from Iranian IRGC Quds Force chief Qassem Suleimani - via Al Arabiya
#Iraq

@Joyce_Karam #BREAKGIN
Second Iraqi MP accusing #Iran's regime of killing protesters in #Iraq

"The Iranian regime is hunting us. It is no secret for anyone that the Friday prayer imam in Tehran specifically said, 'Kill the Iraqi demonstrations who are America's operatives.'"

@Joyce_Karam #UPDATE
Former Iraqi PM Haider al-Abadi:
Adil Abdul-Mahdi's government has lost the capacity to govern, and should annul the parliament and call for early elections.
(File Photo)

@Joyce_Karam #BREAKING
Sky News reporter:
Violent clashes between protesters and Iraqi security forces in Sadr City, northeast of Baghdad, #Iraq

@Joyce_Karam #UPDATE
Oct 5 - Baghdad, #Iraq
Various reports indicate armed men attacking the offices of several media outlets, including Al Arabiya & Al Hadath, injuring numerous employees.

Al Arabiya employees: Iraqi Federal Police officers refused to help us during the attack!

@Joyce_Karam Oct 5 - Baghdad, #Iraq
Heavy gunfire in the capital's Tahrir Square.

My take:
The government in Iraq is literally following the playbook of #Iran's regime in response to demonstrations:
-opening fire on civilians
-Internet blackout
-attacking offices of media outlets

@Joyce_Karam Oct 5 - Baghdad, #Iraq
-Electricity blackout & massive gunfire directly targeting protesters in the capital's Tahrir Square.

-Over ten media outlets in Baghdad seen their offices attacked by masked men, leaving the equipment completely destroyed.