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Iran
Focus
London, Jun. 14 – Some 500 angry Iraqis attacked
Iran's consulate in the
southern Iraqi city of Basra
on Wednesday, setting fire to parts of the compound, news wires reported.
One demonstrator climbed up the roof of a building in the compound and
hoisted an Iraqi flag, a Reuters cameraman said.
The protest followed a similar one earlier in the week outside the Iranian
consulate in the holy city of Karbala.
The participants in both demonstrations were supporters of prominent Iraqi
Shiite Ayatollah Mahmoud al-Hassani,
an outspoken critic of Iranian meddling in Iraq.
They protested against a program aired on Iran’s state-run satellite
channel al-Kowthar against Ayatollah al-Hassani.
Iran has at least seven
Arabic-language television stations and more than two dozens journals
spreading its propaganda in Iraq.
The following photos of Wednesday’s demonstration were taken by news
agencies:
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