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\nOn the evening of November 3, over 1000 young Iraqi protesters attacked the Iranian regime\u2019s consulate in the holy city of Karbala. The protesters torched the wall outside of the consulate and then placed an Iraqi flag on the wall around the consulate.<\/p>\n
Iraqi security forces shot dead three protesters and wounded 19 to disperse the protesters. More than 250 people have been killed since the protests first erupted early last month.<\/p>\n
In another incident as a sign of growing anger over Tehran\u2019s involvement in the country\u2019s affairs, the Iraqi protesters in the holy city of Najaf changed the name of the main street from \u201cKhomeini\u201d (the Iranian regime\u2019s former supreme leader) to \u201cOctober revolution.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Iraqis taking over ‘s consulate.pic.twitter.com\/RwoG9ot05j<\/a><\/p>\n\u2014 People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) November 4, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
The protesters have increasingly directed their anger at the Iranian regime, and one of the main demands of the protesters is the expulsion of the Iranian regime and its proxy militias from Iraq. The protesters\u2019 anger at the Iranian regime and the Iran-backed government of Iraq has been covered by international media.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cMore than 250 people have been killed since the protests first erupted early last month. Security forces in Baghdad have fired tear gas, rubber bullets to keep protesters from breaching barricades on two main bridges heading to the heavily-fortified Green Zone, where the government is headquartered. In southern Iraq, protesters have attacked offices linked to Iran-backed political parties and militias, setting fire to some of them\u201d, the Associated Press<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n
\u201cIraqi protesters attacked the Iranian consulate in the city of Karbala, in the latest sign of mounting anger against Tehran\u2019s involvement in the country\u2019s affairs.\u201d<\/p>\n
Anger against Iran\u2019s regime has escalated<\/a>, particularly in the southern provinces where Tehran has the most influence. Karbala\u2014one of the world\u2019s main Shiite pilgrimage sites\u2014holds enormous importance for Iran\u2019s regime.<\/p>\n
\u201cIraqi protesters last year torched the Iranian consulate in Basra in a similar attack, although the protests that triggered it was smaller,\u201d The Wall Street Journal<\/a> reported, adding: \u201cThe rage against Iran has been fueled by allegations by human-rights groups that paramilitary groups backed by Tehran have killed and abducted protesters as part of a crackdown by security forces that has killed more than 250 people since the protests started.\u201d<\/p>\n
Protesters in Karbala last week carried banners reading, \u201cIran is the reason for the catastrophe.\u201d<\/p>\n