Protesters in Baghdad mourn Khamenei and clash with anti-riot police near US embassy

Описание: (1 Mar 2026)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Baghdad, Iraq - 1 March 2026
1. Wide of protesters chanting as they mourn Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei
2. Wide of riot police blocking road to fortified Green Zone area
3. Mid of protesters chanting
4. Protesters running after police fire tear gas UPSOUND bang
5. Various of protesters running, bangs as tear gas is fired by police and smoke rises
6. Wide of police and protesters
7. Wide of protesters chanting as smoke rises
8. Various of protesters gathered by entrance to Green Zone
9. Various of riot police
10. Mid of protesters
11. Various of protesters gathered as tear gas is fired UPSOUND bangs
STORYLINE:
Protesters took to the streets of the Iraqi capital early Sunday to denounce the killing of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Associated Press journalists saw dozens of people attempting to cross a bridge leading to Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone, which houses Iraqi government buildings and the sprawling U.S. Embassy.

Loud bangs were heard and tear gas was seen being fired towards protesters, according to AP footage.

The protests took place after Iran acknowledged 86-year-old Khamenei’s death in the joint Israeli-American airstrike Saturday at his Tehran office, which has thrown the future of the Islamic Republic into question and raised the risk of regional instability.

“This is the single greatest chance for the Iranian people to take back their Country,” U.S. President Donald Trump said.

Iran’s Cabinet vowed that this “great crime will never go unanswered” and the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard threatened to launch its “most intense offensive operation” ever, targeting Israeli and American bases.

Iran fired missiles at targets in Israel and Gulf Arab states Sunday after vowing the massive retaliation, prompting U.S. President Donald Trump to threaten Tehran against further escalation.

AP Video shot by Ali Jabar

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