Video clips show demonstrators clashing with Iraqi security forces, some carrying Hezbollah flags and pictures NasrallahAnd the banners of the Popular Mobilization Forces, the Iraqi faction supported by Iran, just like the Lebanese group.
Earlier on Saturday, the Iraqi Prime Minister condemned Muhammad Shiaa Al-Sudani The assassination of Nasrallah, and described the strike on the southern suburb of Beirut that led to his death as “a crime that shows that the Zionist entity crossed all red lines.”
He affirmed in a statement, “Iraq’s principled position of standing with the Palestinian and Lebanese peoples,” considering that targeting the southern suburb on Friday “expresses the reckless desire seeking to expand the conflict.”
Al-Sudani also decided to declare general mourning throughout Iraq for 3 days.
Baghdad witnessed mass demonstrations on Saturday evening, near the Green Zone in the center of the capital, denouncing the assassination of Nasrallah, according to the Iraqi News Agency (INA).
The green area is located in the middle BaghdadIt includes important diplomatic headquarters, including the American Embassy.
