(13 Jun 2025)
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Baghdad- 13 June 2025
1. Iraqi protesters holding Iranian flags and chanting (Arabic) “Khaybar, Khaybar (name of early battle between Jews and Muslims). Zionists, Mohammed’s army is on the way.”
2. Various of protesters carrying Hezbollah and Iranian flags and chanting (Arabic) “The true promise is on the way.” “Damn Jews and victory is for Islam.”
3. Various of sheikh giving speech and crowds chanting (Arabic) “No God except Allah. America is the greatest devil.”
4. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) No name given, protester:
“First of all, it is a message. It is a message from this gathering, this protest which has been carried by free Iraqi youths to the Iraqi government, the Iraqi House of Representatives, and the Judicial Council to activate the decision by the Iraqi House of Representative to fully expel the occupied forces from the Iraqi territories in which they still control the Iraqi space and paved the way last night for the Israeli planes to attack the Islamic Republic.”
5. People chanting in support of Iran
6. Various of protestors gathered by bridge
7. Pan of security forces
8. Protestors gathered by bridge
STORYLINE:
Dozens of supporters of Iran-backed militias in Iraq gathered in Baghdad Friday to protest the Israeli attacks on Iran.
Protestors carried Iranian and Hezbollah flags and chanted against anti-Israel and anti-America slogans.
Israel attacked Iran early Friday in strikes that took out top military officers and hit nuclear and missile sites, raising the potential for an all-out war between the two bitter Middle East adversaries.
It appeared to be the most significant attack Iran has faced since its 1980s war with Iraq.
Simmering tensions over Iran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program boiled over and Iran quickly retaliated, sending a swarm of drones at Israel as Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned of “severe punishment.”
Countries in the region condemned Israel’s attack, while leaders around the globe called for immediate deescalation from both sides.
The Iraqi government issued a statement calling for the UN Security Council to convene immediately to take "decisive and concrete measures to deter this aggression, ensure its non-recurrence, and restore the prestige of the international legal system."
Baghdad, which has close ties with both the U.S. and Iran, has attempted to maintain a difficult balancing act between the two.
AP video shot by: Ali Jabar
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