Iran News in Brief – April 16, 2022

 A copper mining field in Rafsanjan region, Kerman Province, Central Iran

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No to Iranian Regime, Yes to Iraqi People’s Will, Protestors Chant in Baghdad and Karbala

The Iraqi people in Baghdad and the southern provinces protested against the political stalemate in the country over the formation of a new government as well as the interference of the Iranian regime and its mercenaries in the political process.

In the rally in Baghdad, the protestors rejected both the Tehran-backed ‘Framework of Coordination’, led by former Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and the Sadrist Movement. They announced their support for a government that represents the will of the Iraqi people.

“Carrying photos of the martyrs of the October Uprising, demonstrators called for the trial of the perpetrators of the massacre in Iraq,” Al-Arab reported on April 16. “They chanted slogans against the Iranian regime and its mercenaries, calling for an end to corruption and political stalemate in the formation of the government.”

Rafedin TV reported: “During their demonstration on Friday, demonstrators in Karbala chanted slogans against the ruling parties: ‘Yes, yes to Iraq, no, no to the parties.”

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