Thread by @HeshmatAlavi

WARNING - DISTURBING

#BREAKING
Oct 31 - Baghdad, #Iraq
Massive gunfire & tear gas, one canister hitting a demonstrator in the head and neck.

WARNING - DISTURBING

#BREAKING
Oct 31 - Baghdad
Scene of #Iraq's parliament as MPs demand Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi to appear.

Unconfirmed reports indicate #Iran's IRGC Quds Force chief Qassem Soleimani has placed the Iraqi PM under house arrest.

#BREAKING
Baghdad, #Iraq
Iraqi demonstrators expressing their hatred of #Iran's regime by taking down & destroying posters of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei & IRGC Quds Force chief Qassem Soleimani.

Oct 31 - Baghdad, #Iraq
Sinak Bridge
Iraqi military officer expressing solidarity with demonstrators, saying those who kill the Iraqi people are not Iraqi.
#IraqProtests

Oct 31 - #Iraq
More scenes of Iraqi demonstrators expressing their hatred of #Iran's meddling in their country.
This poster, with images of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei & IRGC Quds Force chief Qassem Soleimani, reads:
"Iran, out, out! Baghdad will be free!"

#BREAKING
Iraqi PM agrees to resign.
reuters.com/article/us-ira…

#UPDATE
Oct 31 - Baghdad, #Iraq
Jomhuriya Bridge filled with demonstrators as security forces continue to use tear gas and sonic grenades.

#Iraq - Al Akhbariya news agency:
#Iran's Khamenei orders militias to murder Iraqi demonstrators

#Iraq
Demonstrator names enemies of the Iraqi people:

-Parliament Speaker Mohamed al-Halbousi
-Nat. Sec. Advisor Falih al-Fayadh
-Nujaifi brothers
-Ammar Hakim
-Abu Mahdi al-Mohandes
-Hadi al-Ameri
-Qais al-Khazali

Many are known for their close links to #Iran's regime.

#UPDATE
Oct 31 - Najaf, southern #Iraq
Iraqi demonstrators refusing to back down and continuing their protests despite massive #Iran-backed crackdown.

#BREAKING
Oct 31 - Baghdad, #Iraq
Al-Sinak Bridge - Demonstrators under fire

Reports indicate #Iran-backed militias receiving orders to launch a heavy crackdown tonight to "round up protests for good."