Iran’s interior ministry has urged visitors to Imam Hussein’s Arbain not to travel to Iraq until further notice, noting “we are coordinating with our embassy in Baghdad to bring Iranian pilgrims back to the country safely.”
In turn, Imam Khomeini Airport in Iran announced the “cancellation of all flights to Iraq until further notice.”
And Iraqi medical sources told AFP: “Among the demonstrators in the Green Zone in Baghdad, two people were killed and dozens injured.”
The Iraqi Joint Operations Command also announced a “comprehensive curfew in all governorates today starting at 19:00”.
Iraqi security forces expelled Sadrist supporters from the government palace and took full control of it after clashes between the two sides escalated into heavy shooting inside the Green Zone in Baghdad and injuries, Al Jazeera reported. .
Hundreds of supporters of the Sadrist movement broke into the Republican Palace in the Green Zone of Baghdad. As a result, Iraqi forces attempted to disperse the movement’s supporters, who in turn attempted to storm the presidential residence with tear gas canisters.
Source: El Nashra