Iran-backed militia marks ‘Jerusalem Day’ in Baghdad

Thousands of Iran-backed Shiite militiamen march through a main Baghdad street to mark “Jerusalem Day.”

The men in military uniforms carry posters of late Iranian leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini and Supreme Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. They set an Israeli flag on fire.

— AP

Shiite militiamen carry a poster of Iran’s Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei while stepping on a drawing of an Israeli flag drawing during a “Jerusalem Day” rally in the Iraqi capital Baghdad on June 8, 2018. (AFP Photo/Ahmad Al-Rubaye)

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