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#BREAKING
Nov 5 - Baghdad, #Iraq
Tahrir Square
Thousands of demonstrators, refusing to go home, are continuing their struggle for a better life and a country free of #Iran's meddling.
#IranOutOfIraq
#BREAKING
Nov 5 - Dhi Qar Province, southern #Iraq
Thousands rallying in solidarity with those in Baghdad's Tahrir Square.
Nov 5 - Umm Qasr, southern #Iraq
Brave Iraqis blocked the path of Iraqi army BMP armored personnel carriers.
Nov 5 - Dhi Qar TV, southern #Iraq
The homes of three pro-#Iran MPs have been set on fire by locals.

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#IranOutOfIraq
#BREAKING
Nov 5 - Baghdad, #Iraq
Demonstrators attempting to cross Al-Ahrar Bridge to enter the Green Zone once again were met with security forces opening direct fire & using live bullets.
Reports indicate one young man was killed.
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Heshmat Alavi
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1)
 Let’s talk about #Iran’s fake @Twitter campaigns.

Recently, Tehran set up a fake Twitter account for French President Emmanuel Macron’s chief of staff Alexis Kohler claiming Paris is expelling the Iranian opposition MEK from its soil.
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 When AFP asked Paris to confirm, Elysee denied the entire subject and said Mr. Kohler “does not have a Twitter account.”
3)
 Back in July, Iran set up another fake account for the head of the French consulate in Jerusalem, claiming Iranian opposition President Maryam Rajavi visited Israel.

The French Foreign Ministry issued an official statement saying the account was fake.
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Heshmat Alavi
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Nov 7 - Karbala, southern #Iraq
Tens of thousands of Iraqis chanting:
"Iran, out, out! Karbala will remain free!"

Reminder:
#Iran's regime claimed to enjoy vast support in Iraq's Shiite south.
#IranOutOfIraq
Nov 7 - Baghdad, #Iraq
Scenes of security forces opening fire on demonstrators.
Locals say #Iran-backed Hashd al-Shaabi (PMF) units are using live bullets & directly targeting demonstrators.
#IranOutOfIraq
Nov 7 - Baghdad, #Iraq
Jomhuriya Bridge
Iraqi demonstrators are in high spirits, refusing to go home and back down from their objective of overthrowing the current #Iran-backed government.
#IraqiProtests
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Heshmat Alavi
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1)
 “I feel like the Iranian Embassy controls the government and they are the ones repressing the demonstrators. I want Iran to leave.”
#Iran
#Iraq
#IranOutOfIraq
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2)
 “… protesters in Baghdad’s Tahrir Square are using their shoes again — slapping them against banners depicting … Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader.”
3)
 “…in southern Iraq, where protesters have torched the headquarters of parties and militias linked to Iran and thrown firebombs at an Iranian Consulate.”
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