Iraq protesters torch Iran consulate in Najaf, curfew imposed

Protesters stage a sit-in on barriers at the Ahrar Bridge during ongoing anti-government protests in Baghdad.

Staff at the consulate had evacuated shortly before demonstrators broke in, police and civil defence first responders said. There were no immediate reports of casualties.The protests that began in Baghdad on Oct 1 and have spread through southern cities are the most complex challenge facing the Shi’ite-dominated ruling class that has controlled state institutions and patronage networks since the 2003 US-led invasion that toppled Sunni dictator Saddam Hussein.

Security forces shot dead two people in Kerbala, near Najaf, overnight and two in Baghdad, while a fifth person died when security forces opened fire during protests in the southern oil capital of Basra. The Sunni extremist group today claimed three bomb blasts in Baghdad overnight which killed at least six people, although they provided no evidence for the claim.

“But after the government started killing peaceful protesters we won’t leave before it’s been toppled together with the corrupt ruling class.”Alia, a 23-year-old medical student, said: “The reforms are just words. We want actions. We’ve had 16 years of words without actions. We have been robbed for 16 years.”

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