Nearly 40 people have been killed in Iraq on one of the bloodiest days since anti-government protests began last month, medics and officials say. At least 25 people died when security forces opened fire to clear bridges in the southern city of Nasiriya. Another four protesters died in Baghdad and 10 more in the city of Najaf, where Iran's consulate was also burnt. Iraqis have been taking to the streets to demand more jobs, an end to corruption and better…

Image copyright AFP Image caption Protesters chanted "Iran out of Iraq" as the consulate burned A group of protesters in Iraq have set fire to Iran's consulate in the southern city of Najaf amid ongoing anti-government demonstrations.Protesters chanted "Iran out of Iraq" as flames engulfed the building.Reports say staff at the consulate managed to flee just before protesters broke in.This is the second attack on an Iranian consulate in Iraq this month after the office in the Shia holy city…

Antigovernment demonstrators, who have demanded an end to Iranian influence in Iraq, attacked the consulate in the city of Najaf.Iraqi protesters cheered the burning of the Iranian Consulate in Najaf.Credit...Haidar Hamdani/Agence France-Presse — Getty ImagesPublished Nov. 27, 2019Updated Nov. 29, 2019BAGHDAD — Iraqi protesters in the southern city of Najaf burned down the Iranian Consulate there on Wednesday night in an outburst of anger at Iran, witnesses said. Video showed sizable crowds outside the consulate shouting “Out, out Iran!” and…

Iranian security agents arrested at least eight people linked to the CIA during last week's deadly unrest over petrol price increases, the official news agency IRNA reported on Wednesday. "These elements had received CIA-funded training in various countries under the cover of becoming citizen-journalists," it quoted the intelligence ministry as saying. "Six were arrested while attending the riots and carrying out [CIA] orders and two while trying to ... send information abroad." Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei - in…

Image copyright Reuters Image caption President Rouhani blamed the protests on "subversive elements" backed by foreign enemies One video filmed through a doorway appears to show a woman looking at a teenage boy lying in a pool of blood on a pavement, as a riot policeman swings a baton at people running past him.Another from the southern city of Shiraz shows a crowd trying to help a motionless man on the ground, as other people retreat along a smoke-filled street…

The authorities say “six main elements” of unrest in Tehran were arrested. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said he had received nearly 20,000 videos and other evidence from Iran of a violent suppression.Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaking with reporters in Washington on Tuesday. Last week he asked Iranians to send evidence that protests had been violently suppressed during an internet blackout.Credit...Alex Brandon/Associated PressPublished Nov. 26, 2019Updated Dec. 3, 2019, 6:24 a.m. ETThe authorities in Iran strengthened their reprisals on Tuesday…

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Local app-based food delivery services have been among those affected by the internet blackout The Iranian government has written to state-run organisations and private companies asking them which foreign websites they rely on.The effort has come to light 11 days after the authorities imposed a week-long internet blackout following protests against a rise in fuel prices.Some experts believe the latest move signals that Tehran plans to operate a "white list" scheme, under which only…

Following America's withdrawal from the nuclear agreement, Iran commander says: “It is time to take out our swords and teach them a lesson.” By REUTERS Four months before a swarm of drones and missiles crippled the world’s biggest oil processing facility in Saudi Arabia, Iranian security officials gathered at a heavily fortified compound in Tehran. The group included the top echelons of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, an elite branch of the Iranian military whose portfolio includes missile development and…