Protesters set fire to the building of the Iranian consulate in Iraq’s Karbala following the assassination of activist Ehab Al-Wazni.
Al-Wazni was assassinated at dawn on Sunday allegedly by Iran-backed militias in Karbala. The mourners chanted against Iran and its militias in Iraq.
He was a prominent Iraqi activist and member of October demonstrations coordination group. 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 harsh treatments from Iran-backed Iraqi militias and political organizations.
