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Protesters try to storm Baghdad zone housing US embassy
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Iraqi Shiites carry a portrait of Iran's slain Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during a protest against US and Israeli attacks on Iran at a bridge leading to the Green Zone, where the US embassy is located, in Baghdad, Iraq, on February 28, 2026. (AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP)
Hundreds of Iraqis attempted to storm Baghdad’s fortified Green Zone, where the US embassy is located, after the death of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, an AFP journalist reports.
“Their attempts had been thwarted so far, but they keep trying,” a security source tells AFP.
AFP’s journalist says protesters, some holding flags of pro-Iran armed groups, threw stones at security forces, who responded with tear gas.
Local media reports protests in other provinces in southern Iraq.
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