Injuries, suffocation reported during pro-Iran protest near Baghdad’s Green Zone

2026-03-01 - 19:54

Shafaq News- Baghdad Several people were injured, and others suffered from suffocation, on Sunday during clashes between protesters and security forces near the Green Zone in central Baghdad. Demonstrators flooded the streets of the Iraqi capital in Al-Sadr City and near the Suspension Bridge (Al-Jisr Al-Mu’allaq), which leads to the Green Zone, the heavily fortified area that houses key government institutions and foreign embassies, to condemn the killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in US-Israeli airstrikes on Iran. This is a breaking story..