Thread by @HeshmatAlavi

Oct 6 - Najaf, southern #Iraq
Iraqi security forces, SWAT teams, seen firing directly at protesters and using heavy machine guns to disperse demonstrators.

My take:
These are methods very similar to those used by #Iran's regime against its protesters.

Oct 6 - #Iraq
Scenes of Iraqi protesters with flags coming under heavy fire by Iraqi security forces (most likely #Iran-backed Hashd al-Shaabi (PMF) militias who are armed, funded & trained by the IRGC).
#IraqProtests

This video vividly shows peaceful demonstrators in #Iraq protesting for their rights and how security forces (most likely #Iran-backed militia groups) open fire on civilians.

#Iraq continues to impose a massive internet blackout.
This is the reason why footage of each day's protests arrive with much delay.
Again, another tactic of #Iran's regime used by their puppets in Baghdad.

https://twitter.com/netblocks/status/1180968936164220929

Iraqi Americans are furious at #FakeNewsCNN.
A gathering outside a @CNN branch demanding this outlet provide more coverage to the Iraqi protests.

My take:
CNN broadcasts the lies of #Iran's regime. Now, they cloak anti-Iran regime protests in Iraq.

@CNN #UPDATE
-Reuters: 15 people killed overnight in clashes east of Baghdad, #Iraq
-Russian FM Sergey Lavrov arrived in Baghdad

Recently obtained footage of heartbreaking scenes where families of killed Iraqi protesters seen identifying their loved ones.

@CNN #UPDATE-#Iraq
-Unconfirmed report: Baghdad's Hamza district is no longer under government control.
-Russian FM Lavroz meeting his Iraqi counterpart.

WARNING - DISTURBING FOOTAGE

This is how Iraqi civilians are severely wounded by #Iran-backed militias.

@CNN Baghdad, #Iraq
Scene of a brave Iraqi woman shouting at security forces, demanding they stop shooting at protesters.

@CNN WARNING - DISTURBING FOOTAGE

Video circulating claiming to show #Iran-backed militias in #Iraq torturing an arrested protester.