Source: Overseas Network
On the 29th local time, baghdad "oasis" at night.
Overseas network on August 30, comprehensive Al Jazeera, The Associated Press and other media reports, in the Iraqi capital Baghdad on the 29th, security forces and demonstrators in the clashes, 15 people have died.
Earlier in the day, Iraq's Shiite religious leader Sadr announced his retirement in a social media post, and the "Sadr Movement" related institutions led by him will also be closed. Its supporters then tore down barricades in Baghdad's "green zone" and stormed government buildings, including the Palace of the Republic.
Demonstrators tried to tear down concrete barricades in the "green zone".
Footage released by Al Jazeera showed demonstrators carrying shovels trying to tear down concrete barricades in the "green zone," while demonstrators stormed government buildings, jumped into the pool and shouted.
Demonstrators stormed into government buildings, jumped into the pool and shouted.
Mukhtada Al-Sadr, a Shiite religious leader in Iraq and leader of the Sadr movement, announced that night that hunger strike would be carried out until the end of violence in Iraq. Iraqi Prime Minister Al-Khadimi issued a statement calling on demonstrators to exercise restraint, immediately withdraw from the "green zone" and comply with instructions from security forces. On the same day, Iraqi security forces have announced that they will impose a nationwide curfew from 19:00 local time.
Demonstrators inside government buildings.
In October last year, Iraq held elections for a new National Assembly, and out of a total of 329 seats, the "Sadr Movement" won 73 seats, becoming the largest party in parliament. On June 12 this year, members of the "Sadr Movement" resigned en masse due to the failure to form a majority government as desired. Since then, the political group dominated by Sadr's opponents in the Shiite camp has become the largest party in parliament, and the party's intention to elect a new prime minister has been opposed by Sadr. Beginning in late July, sadr's supporters staged demonstrations in several Iraqi governorates as a result of protests against the nomination of a new prime ministerial candidate. After Sadr announced his retirement on the 29th, the protests that had lasted for a month suddenly escalated. (Overseas Network Yao Kaihong)
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