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Angry Iraqi protesters clashed connected Sunday (March 1, 2026) evening with information forces adjacent the U.S. embassy successful Baghdad during demonstrations againt the U.S.-Israel warfare connected Iran, AFP journalists said.
Protesters tried to tempest Baghdad's Green Zone, wherever the U.S. embassy is located, but information forces utilized teardrop state to disperse them.
An AFP lensman saw ambulances arriving astatine the gathering, and reported suffocation cases from teardrop state and proceeding what sounded similar unrecorded gunfire.
It was their 2nd effort connected Sunday (March 1, 2026) to participate the country aft clashing successful the greeting with heavy deployed information forces.
Protesters supporting Iraqi Shi'ite equipped groups respond to teardrop state arsenic they effort to determination toward the U.S. embassy located successful Baghdad's Green Zone, arsenic riot constabulary deploy to artifact their advance, pursuing the Israel and U.S. strikes connected Iran and the sidesplitting of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, successful Baghdad, Iraq, connected March 1, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters
The U.S. embassy had warned earlier that protests adjacent its compound "may crook violent," and advised its nationals to "remain alert to their surroundings and debar ample crowds."
It besides warned of "active threats to U.S. interests successful Iraq including restaurants, businesses, and individuals."
Telegram channels and societal media platforms adjacent to pro-Iran equipped groups called connected radical to instrumentality portion successful the protests.
