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Iraqis Protest Baghdad's Meddling in The US-Iran Conflict

Published May 27th, 2019 - 06:20 GMT

Thousands of Iraqis have taken the streets of Baghdad, Friday to urge the government not to interfere or mediate in the conflict between the country's two biggest allies, Iran and the US.

Protesters from the movement of Moqtada al-Sadr have chanted "no to war" and "yes to Iraq" in central Baghdad as well as the southern city of Basra.

On the other hand, Iraqis fear that their country is the one to lose in any escalation of US-Iranian tensions, as President Trump's administration revealed it had sent additional forces to the Middle East to counter any threats.

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An Iraqi woman holds up a sign reading in Arabic "yes, yes to peace, yes, yes to Iraq" as she demonstrates with other followers of Shiite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr in the capital Baghdad's central Tahrir Square late on May 24, 2019, against involvement in any conflict between Iran and the United States. AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP

An Iraqi woman holds up a sign reading in Arabic "yes, yes to peace, yes, yes to Iraq" as she demonstrates with other followers of Shiite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr in the capital Baghdad's central Tahrir Square late on May 24, 2019, against involvement in any conflict between Iran and the United States. AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP

Iraqi followers of Shiite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr wave national flags and raise protest signs as they demonstrate in the southern city of Basra on May 24, 2019, against involvement in any conflict between Iran and the United States. Hussein FALEH / AFP

Iraqi followers of Shiite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr wave national flags and raise protest signs as they demonstrate in the southern city of Basra on May 24, 2019, against involvement in any conflict between Iran and the United States. Hussein FALEH / AFP

An Iraqi follower of Shiite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr stands wearing a national flag around his shoulders while demonstrating in the southern city of Basra on May 24, 2019, against involvement in any conflict between Iran and the United States. Hussein FALEH / AFP

An Iraqi follower of Shiite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr stands wearing a national flag around his shoulders while demonstrating in the southern city of Basra on May 24, 2019, against involvement in any conflict between Iran and the United States. Hussein FALEH / AFP

Iraqi followers of Shiite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr wave national flags and raise protest signs as they demonstrate in the capital Baghdad's central Tahrir Square late on May 24, 2019, against involvement in any conflict between Iran and the United States. AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP

Iraqi followers of Shiite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr wave national flags and raise protest signs as they demonstrate in the capital Baghdad's central Tahrir Square late on May 24, 2019, against involvement in any conflict between Iran and the United States. AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP

An Iraqi woman holds up a sign reading in Arabic, English, and Farsi "No to war" as she demonstrates with other followers of Shiite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr in the capital Baghdad's central Tahrir Square late on May 24, 2019, against involvement in any conflict between Iran and the United States. AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP

An Iraqi woman holds up a sign reading in Arabic, English, and Farsi "No to war" as she demonstrates with other followers of Shiite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr in the capital Baghdad's central Tahrir Square late on May 24, 2019, against involvement in any conflict between Iran and the United States. AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP

Iraqi followers of Shiite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr wave national flags and raise protest signs as they demonstrate in the capital Baghdad's central Tahrir Square late on May 24, 2019, against involvement in any conflict between Iran and the United States. AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP

Iraqi followers of Shiite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr wave national flags and raise protest signs as they demonstrate in the capital Baghdad's central Tahrir Square late on May 24, 2019, against involvement in any conflict between Iran and the United States. AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP

Iraqi followers of Shiite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr wave national flags and raise protest signs as they demonstrate in the capital Baghdad's central Tahrir Square late on May 24, 2019, against involvement in any conflict between Iran and the United States. AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP

Iraqi followers of Shiite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr wave national flags and raise protest signs as they demonstrate in the capital Baghdad's central Tahrir Square late on May 24, 2019, against involvement in any conflict between Iran and the United States. AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP

Iraqi followers of Shiite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr wave national flags and raise protest signs as they demonstrate in the capital Baghdad's central Tahrir Square late on May 24, 2019, against involvement in any conflict between Iran and the United States. AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP

Iraqi followers of Shiite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr wave national flags and raise protest signs as they demonstrate in the capital Baghdad's central Tahrir Square late on May 24, 2019, against involvement in any conflict between Iran and the United States. AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP

Iraqi followers of Shiite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr wave national flags and raise protest signs as they demonstrate in the southern city of Basra on May 24, 2019, against involvement in any conflict between Iran and the United States. Hussein FALEH / AFP

Iraqi followers of Shiite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr wave national flags and raise protest signs as they demonstrate in the southern city of Basra on May 24, 2019, against involvement in any conflict between Iran and the United States. Hussein FALEH / AFP

An Iraqi woman holds up a sign reading in Arabic "yes, yes to peace, yes, yes to Iraq" as she demonstrates with other followers of Shiite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr in the capital Baghdad's central Tahrir Square late on May 24, 2019, against involvement in any conflict between Iran and the United States. AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP
Iraqi followers of Shiite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr wave national flags and raise protest signs as they demonstrate in the southern city of Basra on May 24, 2019, against involvement in any conflict between Iran and the United States. Hussein FALEH / AFP
An Iraqi follower of Shiite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr stands wearing a national flag around his shoulders while demonstrating in the southern city of Basra on May 24, 2019, against involvement in any conflict between Iran and the United States. Hussein FALEH / AFP
Iraqi followers of Shiite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr wave national flags and raise protest signs as they demonstrate in the capital Baghdad's central Tahrir Square late on May 24, 2019, against involvement in any conflict between Iran and the United States. AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP
An Iraqi woman holds up a sign reading in Arabic, English, and Farsi "No to war" as she demonstrates with other followers of Shiite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr in the capital Baghdad's central Tahrir Square late on May 24, 2019, against involvement in any conflict between Iran and the United States. AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP
Iraqi followers of Shiite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr wave national flags and raise protest signs as they demonstrate in the capital Baghdad's central Tahrir Square late on May 24, 2019, against involvement in any conflict between Iran and the United States. AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP
Iraqi followers of Shiite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr wave national flags and raise protest signs as they demonstrate in the capital Baghdad's central Tahrir Square late on May 24, 2019, against involvement in any conflict between Iran and the United States. AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP
Iraqi followers of Shiite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr wave national flags and raise protest signs as they demonstrate in the capital Baghdad's central Tahrir Square late on May 24, 2019, against involvement in any conflict between Iran and the United States. AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP
Iraqi followers of Shiite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr wave national flags and raise protest signs as they demonstrate in the southern city of Basra on May 24, 2019, against involvement in any conflict between Iran and the United States. Hussein FALEH / AFP
An Iraqi woman holds up a sign reading in Arabic "yes, yes to peace, yes, yes to Iraq" as she demonstrates with other followers of Shiite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr in the capital Baghdad's central Tahrir Square late on May 24, 2019, against involvement in any conflict between Iran and the United States. AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP
An Iraqi woman holds up a sign reading in Arabic "yes, yes to peace, yes, yes to Iraq" as she demonstrates with other followers of Shiite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr in the capital Baghdad's central Tahrir Square late on May 24, 2019, against involvement in any conflict between Iran and the United States. AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP
Iraqi followers of Shiite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr wave national flags and raise protest signs as they demonstrate in the southern city of Basra on May 24, 2019, against involvement in any conflict between Iran and the United States. Hussein FALEH / AFP
Iraqi followers of Shiite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr wave national flags and raise protest signs as they demonstrate in the southern city of Basra on May 24, 2019, against involvement in any conflict between Iran and the United States. Hussein FALEH / AFP
An Iraqi follower of Shiite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr stands wearing a national flag around his shoulders while demonstrating in the southern city of Basra on May 24, 2019, against involvement in any conflict between Iran and the United States. Hussein FALEH / AFP
An Iraqi follower of Shiite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr stands wearing a national flag around his shoulders while demonstrating in the southern city of Basra on May 24, 2019, against involvement in any conflict between Iran and the United States. Hussein FALEH / AFP
Iraqi followers of Shiite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr wave national flags and raise protest signs as they demonstrate in the capital Baghdad's central Tahrir Square late on May 24, 2019, against involvement in any conflict between Iran and the United States. AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP
Iraqi followers of Shiite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr wave national flags and raise protest signs as they demonstrate in the capital Baghdad's central Tahrir Square late on May 24, 2019, against involvement in any conflict between Iran and the United States. AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP
An Iraqi woman holds up a sign reading in Arabic, English, and Farsi "No to war" as she demonstrates with other followers of Shiite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr in the capital Baghdad's central Tahrir Square late on May 24, 2019, against involvement in any conflict between Iran and the United States. AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP
An Iraqi woman holds up a sign reading in Arabic, English, and Farsi "No to war" as she demonstrates with other followers of Shiite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr in the capital Baghdad's central Tahrir Square late on May 24, 2019, against involvement in any conflict between Iran and the United States. AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP
Iraqi followers of Shiite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr wave national flags and raise protest signs as they demonstrate in the capital Baghdad's central Tahrir Square late on May 24, 2019, against involvement in any conflict between Iran and the United States. AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP
Iraqi followers of Shiite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr wave national flags and raise protest signs as they demonstrate in the capital Baghdad's central Tahrir Square late on May 24, 2019, against involvement in any conflict between Iran and the United States. AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP
Iraqi followers of Shiite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr wave national flags and raise protest signs as they demonstrate in the capital Baghdad's central Tahrir Square late on May 24, 2019, against involvement in any conflict between Iran and the United States. AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP
Iraqi followers of Shiite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr wave national flags and raise protest signs as they demonstrate in the capital Baghdad's central Tahrir Square late on May 24, 2019, against involvement in any conflict between Iran and the United States. AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP
Iraqi followers of Shiite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr wave national flags and raise protest signs as they demonstrate in the capital Baghdad's central Tahrir Square late on May 24, 2019, against involvement in any conflict between Iran and the United States. AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP
Iraqi followers of Shiite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr wave national flags and raise protest signs as they demonstrate in the capital Baghdad's central Tahrir Square late on May 24, 2019, against involvement in any conflict between Iran and the United States. AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP
Iraqi followers of Shiite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr wave national flags and raise protest signs as they demonstrate in the southern city of Basra on May 24, 2019, against involvement in any conflict between Iran and the United States. Hussein FALEH / AFP
Iraqi followers of Shiite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr wave national flags and raise protest signs as they demonstrate in the southern city of Basra on May 24, 2019, against involvement in any conflict between Iran and the United States. Hussein FALEH / AFP

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