Thread by @HeshmatAlavi

#BREAKING
Nov 1 - Baghdad, #Iraq
12:15 am local time
Representatives of top Shiite cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali Al-Sistani urge followers to join protests. In response, thousands rushed to the capital's Tahrir Square.

My take:
This comes after Khamenei's call for calm.

Images of #Iraq's revolution

WARNING - VERY DISTURBING

Security forces are firing tear gas canisters & targeting Tok Tok taxis used to provide logistics & transfer injured demonstrators.
#Iraq

WARNING - VERY DISTURBING

Baghdad, #Iraq
Al-Sinak Bridge
Security forces firing tear gas & sonic grenades against demonstrators.
#IraqProtests

Baghdad, #Iraq
Al-Sinak Bridge
More scenes of security forces firing tear gas & sonic grenades into crowds.

My take:
#Iran's Kayhan daily called for Iraqis to take over the U.S. & Saudi embassies.
Iraqis, however, intend to cross this bridge & storm Iran's embassy.
#IraqProtests

Nov 1 - Baghdad, #Iraq
Jomhuriya Bridge
Holding your country's flag is apparently a "crime" as security forces fire upon a limping demonstrator.

Iraqi security officers have been quoted to say those targeting demonstrators are not Iraqi.
#IraqProtests

#UPDATE
Nov 1 - Baghdad, #Iraq
People gathering in the iconic Tahrir Square to continue their demonstrations for a revolution.
The Iraqi people have realized there is no turning back & they are relentlessly pressing on their demands for a better life.

Baghdad, #Iraq
Al-Sinak Bridge

Interesting conversation between demonstrators (DM) and riot-control (RC) police.

My take:
This is more proof that Iraqis are not killing Iraqis.
Iranians & #Iran's proxies are killing Iraqis.

#BREAKING
Nov 1 - Karbala, southern #Iraq
Demonstrators seen torching the flag of #Iran's regime and chanting, "Iran, out, out! Baghdad will remain free!"

#Iran's supreme leader called for an end to "riots" in #Iraq.

This is how the Iraqi people are responding to his insults.

Poster reads:
"Iran, out, out! Baghdad will remain free!"

#IraqProtests

#BREAKING
Nov 1 - Najaf, southern #Iraq
Tens of thousands of people rallying in the city's main square.

Reminder:
#Iran's Khamenei called for an end to "riots."
Iraqi Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, in Najaf, called for people to join protesters.

#BREAKING
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says he welcomes all serious efforts to solve the problems of #Iraq's society.

In the meantime, this Iraqi protester says:
"I'm Iraqi, where are you from?"
Many Iraqis are accusing #Iran's regime of killing demonstrators.

#UPDATE
Nov 1 - Baghdad, #Iraq
Jomhuriya Bridge
Demonstrators are reporting major shortage of medicine, especially for those suffocating from tear gas.

#BREAKING
Nov 1 - Baghdad, #Iraq
Reports indicate unidentified individuals clashing with the security detail of former Iraqi prime minister Haider al-Abadi in the heavily fortified Green Zone.
(File Photo)