Iraqis in Baghdad mark Quds day, protest in solidarity with Palestinians and Iran

Описание: (14 Mar 2026)
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Baghdad - 13 March 2026
1. Various of demonstrators waving flags, holding posters showing former Supreme Leader of Iran Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, cheering, with man heard giving speech UPSOUND (Arabic) “There is no way to survive except by resistance.”
2. Demonstrators waving Hezbollah and Iran flags, chanting UPSOUND (Arabic) “We will never accept humiliation.”
3. Various of demonstrators chanting UPSOUND (Arabic) “Allah, Allah is the greatest, America is the Greatest Satan” and speaker saying “Yes, yes for Khamenei”
4. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Ghazwan Arrar, protester:
“Well indeed, al Quds Day in the last Friday has been received by the Islamic world, especially the Iraqi people and it shows a message that is far from being a political message. It is a humanity and a principle message that al Quds is presented in the heart of every human who has conscience and humanity.”
5. Various of demonstrators holding flags and posters of Khamenei and chanting UPSOUND (Arabic) “Yes, yes for resistance” and “Death for America”
6. Various of women at the demonstration
7. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Ali al Lami, protester:
“We came here for al Quds Day despite that the war is continuing, and the criminal enemy don’t distinguish between unarmed and armed or between a civilian and a military, and it carries on criminal and barbaric operations in the Islamic Iran every day. It is an attack that targets Islam in the core, whether it was in Iran or Iraq. Therefore, we openly declare from here that we remain committed to the pact.”
8. Various of Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) members chanting UPSOUND (Arabic) “No, no for America. No, no for Israel”
9. Various of PMF members marching and chanting UPSOUND (Arabic) “We are brothers of Zainab (granddaughter of Prophet Muhammad, daughter of Imam Ali).”
STORYLINE:
Hundreds of Iraqis marked Jerusalem Day, also known as Quds Day, in Baghdad on Friday to show support for the Palestinian and Iranian people.

Members and supporters of Shia militias in Iraq marched through the capital to mark the event, which is observed each year on the last Friday of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

Al-Quds is the Arabic name for Jerusalem, the contested city at the heart of the Israeli Palestinian conflict.

Jerusalem is the home of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, the third holiest shrine in Islam.

Quds Day, or Jerusalem Day, is a day of protest to show support for the Palestinians, which has been held on the last Friday of the holy month of Ramadan since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.

AP video shot by: Ali Jabar

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