Day: November 2, 2019

Moqtada Sadr leaves Iraq to Iran on a surprise visit

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Does Sadr change his positions? (Haider Hamdani / AFP)

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November 3, 2019

Iranian sources reported that the leader of the Sadrist movement in Iraq, Muqtada al – Sadr , had left the city of Najaf tonight heading to Iran, after he returned from a recent visit to Iraq last week, and appeared among  the demonstrators in Najaf as he drove.

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Sadr appeared suddenly last September with the Iranian leader.

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The Iranian journalist, Farid Madrasi, on his own account through “Twitter”, that Sadr on his way to Iran on an Iranian plane from Najaf, saying that he would go to the religious city of Qom, 100 km from the Iranian capital Tehran.

He explained that Sadr’s visit “sudden” comes after he returned to Iraq last Tuesday from the city of Qom, where he appeared in Najaf among the demonstrators demanding the overthrow of the Iraqi government .

Iranian sources did not reveal the reasons for the visit of Sadr to Iran again, while escalating protests in Iraq, note that he visits Qom from time to time for family and religious reasons. But his visit this time comes in light of the unrest in Mesopotamia, especially in the southern provinces on the one hand, and in the conflict between the position of Sadr and Iran what is happening in Iraq on the other hand, where the leader of the Sadrist movement to resign the government of Adel Abdul Mahdi, while calling on Tehran to It remains a vacuum, accusing the  United States, Saudi Arabia and Israel of riding the wave of protests in Iraq and Lebanon.

While calling on Iran to pay attention to the demands of the demonstrators, at the same time accuses the three parties mentioned above as “aimed at weakening the stable government and portray the religious authority and legal parties as corrupt to the people” in Iraq, according to statements by the President of the Iranian Presidential Office, Mahmoud Vaazi, last Wednesday .

While the Iraqi demonstrations were marred by anti-Iranian slogans, the preachers accused America, Saudi Arabia and Israel of “making great attempts to find a rift between Iran and Iraq by marketing slogans” in the demonstrations.

For his part, the leader of the Sadrist movement in a statement, last Wednesday, a day after his return to Iraq, demanding the resignation of Abdul-Mahdi, in response to calls and political statements issued by several blocs supporting the Iraqi government within the coalition “conquest”, which is close to Iran, which represents the wing ” The Popular Mobilization “, which considered that the resignation of the government will deepen the crisis and that it is not a solution.

Sadr said in a statement: “O rebel people, we received a response to what we said yesterday, that the resignation of Adel Abdul Mahdi will deepen the crisis, I say: not resignation will not inject blood, not resignation will make Iraq Syria and Yemen.”

The visit of Sadr to Iran comes in light of the convergence between him and the leader of the “conquest”, the representative of the “Popular Mobilization”, Hadi al-Amiri, the latter to respond to the call of the leader of the Sadrist movement to dismiss Abdul Mahdi, acceptance, assuring him of cooperation to ” “We will work together to achieve the reconciliation of the Iraqi people and save the country in the public interest,” he said.

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Iraqi Finance Minister succeeds in raising the amount of US funding for the reconstruction of liberated areas to $ 5 billion

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The US Export-Import Bank (EXIM) signed on Thursday a memorandum of understanding with the Iraqi Ministry of Finance.

Memorandum signed by the Iraqi side Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance d. Fouad Hussein, the result of extensive efforts because the Iraqi official has close relations and understandings with decision-making centers in Washington, will lead to increase the total amount of funding from the Export-Import Bank of America from three billion to a total of five billion.

The US Embassy in Baghdad commented, “We are proud to partner in areas that will promote job creation in Iraq and strengthen the relationship between our two countries.”

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Abdul Mahdi discusses with security leaders the latest developments in the country

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Release date:: 2019/11/3 0:01

The Prime Minister and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Adel Abdul Mahdi, on Saturday evening, a meeting of security leaders in the presence of the Minister of Interior.

The Prime Minister’s Media Office said in a statement received by Al-Furat News that the meeting discussed the latest developments and stressed the performance of the security services to maintain security and stability and carry out their duties in accordance with the directives to protect peaceful protesters and public and private property and vital installations throughout the country. is over

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Mr. Sadr leaves Iraq for Iran

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Date: Editor: 2019/11/2 23:50

BAGHDAD: The leader of the Sadrist movement, Muqtada al-Sadr, left Iraq for Iran after arriving in Najaf on Tuesday, a political source said.

“Mr. Muqtada al-Sadr left via Najaf airport on Saturday afternoon for Iran (without giving further details,” the source said.

Mr. Moqtada al-Sadr arrived in Najaf on 29 October.

The leader of the Sadrist movement joined the demonstrators in the province of Najaf, shortly after returning from a visit to Iran.

Iranian media sources revealed on Saturday that Muqtada al-Sadr returned to the Iranian city of Qom after leaving last week and heading to Najaf.

https://alforatnews.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=217650

Demonstrations in Iraq .. One dead and dozens wounded in Baghdad and the closure of the port of Umm Qasr in Basra

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Tahrir Square in Baghdad is crowded with thousands of protesters at night (Anatolia)

BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraqi authorities confirmed Saturday that one person was killed and dozens wounded in protests in Baghdad as demonstrators continued to gather in the capital.

As demonstrations calling for improved living conditions and fighting corruption entered its ninth day, Reuters reported, citing security and medical sources, that one person was killed and 91 wounded in the Baghdad protests as security forces used tear gas canisters against protesters to force them to retreat from Al-Senak Bridge leading to the Green Zone. Where government buildings.

Al-Jazeera correspondent said that the Tahrir and Al-Sunk squares are witnessing a crowd of tens of thousands of demonstrators who arrived in the evening, where many expressed their indignation at the lack of a tangible response from the authorities to their demands to fight corruption and achieve political and economic reform.

The Joint Operations Command in Iraq announced that the curfew would be reduced from six hours to four and will start from 2 am to 6 am.

In the southern governorates of

Basra, the port authority announced the closure of Umm Qasr port as a result of the continued protests by demonstrators in front of the port gate and cut off roads, while the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Iraq fell 120 injured at the port, when security forces used tear gas canisters directly at the demonstrators, also launched Live bullets to disperse them.

In the same context, the protesters blocked roads leading to Majnoon oil field and prevented employees from access to it, but oil sources said that the operations were not affected.

Activists in the southern province of Dhi Qar said it was decided to declare civil disobedience in the province against the backdrop of the failure of the federal government and parliament to respond to the demands of the people, where thousands of the majority of tribes gathered in the square Haboubi city of Nasiriyah, the center of the province.

The organizers of the sit-in said they would start on Sunday to cut bridges and close government institutions except security and institutions associated with the health side.

Protesters block roads to Umm Qasr port  (Reuters)

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This is the date of interrogation of Adel Abdul Mahdi in parliament

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BAGHDAD / .. The deputy of the coalition of Saeron Raad Hussein, on Saturday, the date of questioning Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi in the House of Representatives on demonstrations and the government program.

Hussein said in a press statement that “the members of the Alliance and the victory gathered the signatures of more than 60 deputies to interrogate Abdul-Mahdi on the demands of the demonstrators and review what has been achieved from the government program,” pointing out that “the presidency of the parliament sent a notification to Abdul-Mahdi to attend within the House of Representatives.”

He added that “the response to the request of the parliament is within seven days, but Abdul-Mahdi will attend the parliament mid-week as the country is going through critical conditions and large popular protests,” noting that “the presence of Abdul-Mahdi in the parliament is important to know the facts.”

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