IRAQIS SET IRAN’S CONSULATE ON FIRE AFTER KILLING OF ACTIVIST

Mon 10 May 2021:

Protesters set fire to the entrances and gates of the Iranian consulate in Iraq’s Karbala following the funeral of assassinated activist Ehab Al-Wazni.

Unidentified gunmen assassinated prominent Iraqi activist and member of October demonstrations coordination group, Ehab al-Wazni, in an armed attack in the al-Haddad area of Karbala.

His death sparked daylong protests in Karbala that saw demonstrators block roads and bridges with burning tires. Then Sunday night, dozens of protesters gathered outside the Iranian consulate, burning tires in front of the building and setting fire to several trailers parked outside, according to police officials and videos posted online.

#BREAKING: The walls around the #Iran‘s consulate building in #Karbala, #Iraq is set on fire by protesters who are protesting #Iran‘s Islamic Regime over assassination of Ehab al-Wazni, an #Iraqi activist by #IRGC backed #PMU terrorists in #Karabala yesterday. pic.twitter.com/0WWMD9NOLl

— Babak Taghvaee – Μπάπακ Τακβαίε – بابک تقوایی (@BabakTaghvaee) May 9, 2021

#BREAKING: Video is circulating on social media showing the perimeter of #Iran‘s consulate in #Karbala being set on fire by protesters in #Iraq after the assassination of prominent activist Ihab al-Wazni. pic.twitter.com/vVec0V11Co

— Iran International English (@IranIntl_En) May 9, 2021

Similar scenes played out in November 2019 during protests in Baghdad and Iraq’s majority-Shiite provinces in the south, with protesters on at least one occasion scaling concrete barriers ringing the Iranian consulate in Karbala to bring down Iran’s flag and replace it with the Iraqi flag.

Karbala governorate police have mobilized all their efforts, searching for the perpetrators of the attack.

Al-Wazni survived an assassination attack in December of 2019, only two months after the start of the October 2019 demonstration in Iraq. The October 2019 protests called for reforms in Iraq’s political system to end decades of corruption and sectarianism. The protesters have received backlash from Iran-backed Iraqi militias and political organizations.

Iraqi activists mourned al-Wazni on social media and allegedly pointed fingers to Iran-backed militias.

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