{"id":8267,"date":"2019-11-18T08:00:06","date_gmt":"2019-11-18T13:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thediplomaticenvoy.com\/?p=8267"},"modified":"2019-11-20T09:21:01","modified_gmt":"2019-11-20T14:21:01","slug":"anti-government-protests-intensify-ongoing-tensions-in-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/thediplomaticenvoy\/2019\/11\/18\/anti-government-protests-intensify-ongoing-tensions-in-iran\/","title":{"rendered":"Anti-Government Protests Intensify Ongoing Tensions in Iraq"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph\" style=\"margin: 0in;margin-bottom: .0001pt;vertical-align: baseline\"><strong><span class=\"normaltextrun\">Mark Stachowski<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph\" style=\"margin: 0in;margin-bottom: .0001pt;vertical-align: baseline\"><span class=\"normaltextrun\"><b><i>Staff Writer<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph\" style=\"margin: 0in;margin-bottom: .0001pt;vertical-align: baseline\"><span class=\"normaltextrun\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph\" style=\"margin: 0in;margin-bottom: .0001pt;vertical-align: baseline\"><span class=\"normaltextrun\">Recent protests in Iraq have citizens and government officials on edge. Demonstrators in Baghdad clash with security forces, who have been using tear gas, rubber bullets, and stun grenades to fend off protesters, according to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/11\/clashes-erupt-baghdad-shia-leader-call-calm-191108144423254.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"normaltextrun\"><span style=\"color: #0563c1\">Al Jazeera<\/span><\/span><\/a><span class=\"normaltextrun\">.\u00a0Upwards of 260 people have been killed since protests over lack of jobs and services began on October\u00a01.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph\" style=\"margin: 0in;margin-bottom: .0001pt;vertical-align: baseline\"><span style=\"font-size: 9.0pt;font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph\" style=\"margin: 0in;margin-bottom: .0001pt;vertical-align: baseline\"><span class=\"normaltextrun\">Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International investigations into the developing situation found that security forces used live fire and military-grade canisters on protesters in Baghdad, killing 16 people. Clashes in the southern city of Basra saw another 5 protesters killed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph\" style=\"margin: 0in;margin-bottom: .0001pt;text-indent: .5in;vertical-align: baseline\"><span class=\"eop\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph\" style=\"margin: 0in;margin-bottom: .0001pt;vertical-align: baseline\"><span class=\"normaltextrun\">Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, one of the most powerful religious figures in Iraq, blames the security forces for the outburst in violence and pushed for the government to meet the protesters\u2019 demands as soon as possible. While al-Sistani\u2019s vocalized support for the protesters is significant, some protesters are still unhappy with al-Sistani, complaining that he says things to try and stop the violence but does not actually do anything to help. <\/span><span class=\"eop\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph\" style=\"margin: 0in;margin-bottom: .0001pt;text-indent: .5in;vertical-align: baseline\"><span class=\"eop\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph\" style=\"margin: 0in;margin-bottom: .0001pt;vertical-align: baseline\"><span class=\"normaltextrun\">Anger has also been directed at Iran, which supports political parties and paramilitary groups that are involved with the central government and other state institutions. Many protesters blame Iran for the violence in Basra that killed many protesters, reports the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/13c1f4d0ffdd4908ba340abf9631a3cb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"normaltextrun\"><span style=\"color: #0563c1\">Associated Press<\/span><\/span><\/a><span class=\"normaltextrun\">.\u00a0The protesters demonstrate their\u00a0resentment of the Iranian government by\u00a0slapping their shoes, which are regarded as dirty in many Arab countries,\u00a0against banners showing Iran\u2019s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. In Baghdad, protesters painted a version of the Iranian flag with a swastika on the sidewalk so people can walk over it.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"eop\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph\" style=\"margin: 0in;margin-bottom: .0001pt;text-indent: .5in;vertical-align: baseline\"><span style=\"font-size: 9.0pt;font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph\" style=\"margin: 0in;margin-bottom: .0001pt;vertical-align: baseline\"><span class=\"normaltextrun\">Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi continuously tries to make strides in solving the unemployment\u00a0problem with handouts for the poor, promising to crack down on\u00a0government corruption. However, Mahdi\u2019s efforts largely failed to satisfy protesters.\u00a0In terms of the government, the protesters demand a new electoral system and the removal of all current political leaders.<\/span><span class=\"eop\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph\" style=\"margin: 0in;margin-bottom: .0001pt;text-indent: .5in;vertical-align: baseline\"><span style=\"font-size: 9.0pt;font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph\" style=\"margin: 0in;margin-bottom: .0001pt;vertical-align: baseline\"><span class=\"normaltextrun\">Still, even as protests continue,\u00a0support for Prime Minister Adil Mehdi\u00a0increases. This is due to a number of reasons, according to\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/11\/09\/world\/middleeast\/iraq-cracks-down-on-protests-as-prime-minister-gains-support.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"normaltextrun\"><span style=\"color: #0563c1\">The New York Times<\/span><\/span><\/a><span class=\"normaltextrun\">.\u00a0Even as the protest situation worsens and Iran and the United States\u00a0work with the Iraqi parliament\u00a0to look at candidates to replace Mehdi, fear of another power vacuum in Iraq keeps Mehdi in office. Should Mehdi\u00a0not be ousted,\u00a0the parliament of Iraq and the governments of Iran and the United States will support him with the hope that\u00a0he can work with protesters to alleviate current tensions.<\/span><span class=\"eop\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recent protests in Iraq have citizens and government officials on edge. 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