Iraqi protesters have launched an anti-Iran campaign to boycott Tehran’s $9bn exports to their country. The move is meant to weaken Iran’s power in their political system, Arab News reported on Wednesday.
“It allows us to create jobs for Iraqis and means our money stays in the country,” Hatem Hakim, an Iraqi protester told the agency.
Iran export $9 billion worth of product annually, 10 times the amount of trade in the opposite direction.
“This decision is the decision of the people, the people who were patient here in Tahrir Square,” another protester Dawood Salman was quoted by Arab News.
The campaign, according to the Iraqi protesters, aimed at punishing Iran by weakening its already crippled economy. Tehran is highly blamed for Iraq’s internal political problems and supporting its proxies in the country.
The protesters have called on people to buy products with “made in Iraq” label.
