Supporters of pro-Iran groups protest near Baghdad’s Green Zone
BAGHDAD (AA) – Supporters of Iraqi groups close to Iran staged demonstrations in the capital Baghdad on Monday and attempted to storm the fortified Green Zone.
Supporters of the Coordination Framework bypassed three military checkpoints and rallied at the gate of the Green Zone, according to an Anadolu Agency reporter at the scene.
Security forces intervened to break up the crowd, using water cannons, he said.
Demonstrators chanted slogans against Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi and in support of former Premier Nouri al-Maliki.
Tension has escalated across Iraq in recent days following the nomination of Mohammed Shia al-Sudani as the new prime minister by the Coordination Framework amid protests by supporters of influential Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr.
Iraq has been in a political deadlock for nine months following the country’s general elections last October.
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