'We Won't Leave': Iraqi Protesters to Stay Inside Parliament

Published July 31st, 2022 - 09:11 GMT

Iraqi protesters have stormed the parliament building, again, in Baghdad's Green Zone declaring that they won't leave in a move to show the refusal of the new prime minister nominee Mohammed al-Sudani.

Last Wednesday, Sadrist movement protesters also rallied across the Green Zone and entered the Iraqi parliament as a way to show disagreement with the new PM nominee, who according to demonstrators is pro-Iran.

Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi has called on protesters to immediately leave the Green Zone and the parliament.

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Supporters of Iraqi cleric Moqtada Sadr, protesting against a rival bloc's nomination for prime minister, carry a portrait Sadr's father Ayatollah Mohammed Sadeq al-Sadr, inside Iraq's parliament in the capital Baghdad's high-security Green Zone, on July 31, 2022, a day after storming it. (Photo by Sabah ARAR / AFP)

It is the second time in days that supporters of the firebrand Shiite cleric have forced their way into the legislative chamber, after October elections failed to lead to the formation of a government. (Photo by Sabah ARAR / AFP)

Supporters of Iraqi cleric Moqtada Sadr, protesting against a rival bloc's nomination for prime minister, rest inside Iraq's parliament in the capital Baghdad's high-security Green Zone, on July 31, 2022, a day after storming it. (Photo by Sabah ARAR / AFP)

It is the second time in days that supporters of the firebrand Shiite cleric have forced their way into the legislative chamber, after October elections failed to lead to the formation of a government. (Photo by Sabah ARAR / AFP)

Supporters of Iraqi cleric Moqtada Sadr, protesting against a rival bloc's nomination for prime minister, gather inside Iraq's parliament in the capital Baghdad's high-security Green Zone, on July 31, 2022, a day after storming it. (Photo by Sabah ARAR / AFP)

Supporters of powerful Iraqi cleric Moqtada Sadr penetrated Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone, occupying parliament with no plan to leave. (Photo by Ahmad AL-RUBAYE / AFP)

A man deploys a national flag as supporters of the Iraqi cleric Moqtada Sadr gather inside the country's parliament in the capital Baghdad's high-security Green Zone, to protest against a rival bloc's nomination for prime minister, on July 30, 2022. (Photo by Ahmad Al-Rubaye / AFP)

Supporters of the Iraqi cleric Moqtada Sadr bring down concrete barriers leading to the capital Baghdad's high-security Green Zone and the country's parliament, as they protest against a rival bloc's nomination for prime minister, on July 30, 2022. (Photo by Ahmad Al-Rubaye / AFP)

Supporters of Iraqi cleric Moqtada Sadr, protesting against a rival bloc's nomination for prime minister, carry a portrait Sadr's father Ayatollah Mohammed Sadeq al-Sadr, inside Iraq's parliament in the capital Baghdad's high-security Green Zone, on July 31, 2022, a day after storming it. (Photo by Sabah ARAR / AFP)

It is the second time in days that supporters of the firebrand Shiite cleric have forced their way into the legislative chamber, after October elections failed to lead to the formation of a government. (Photo by Sabah ARAR / AFP)

Supporters of Iraqi cleric Moqtada Sadr, protesting against a rival bloc's nomination for prime minister, rest inside Iraq's parliament in the capital Baghdad's high-security Green Zone, on July 31, 2022, a day after storming it. (Photo by Sabah ARAR / AFP)

Supporters of Iraqi cleric Moqtada Sadr, protesting against a rival bloc's nomination for prime minister, gather inside Iraq's parliament in the capital Baghdad's high-security Green Zone, on July 31, 2022, a day after storming it. (Photo by Sabah ARAR / AFP)

Supporters of powerful Iraqi cleric Moqtada Sadr penetrated Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone, occupying parliament with no plan to leave. (Photo by Ahmad AL-RUBAYE / AFP)

A man deploys a national flag as supporters of the Iraqi cleric Moqtada Sadr gather inside the country's parliament in the capital Baghdad's high-security Green Zone, to protest against a rival bloc's nomination for prime minister, on July 30, 2022. (Photo by Ahmad Al-Rubaye / AFP)

Supporters of the Iraqi cleric Moqtada Sadr bring down concrete barriers leading to the capital Baghdad's high-security Green Zone and the country's parliament, as they protest against a rival bloc's nomination for prime minister, on July 30, 2022. (Photo by Ahmad Al-Rubaye / AFP)

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'We Won't Leave': Iraqi Protesters to Stay Inside Parliament

It is the second time in days that supporters of the firebrand Shiite cleric have forced their way into the legislative chamber, after October elections failed to lead to the formation of a government. (Photo by Sabah ARAR / AFP)

Supporters of Iraqi cleric Moqtada Sadr, protesting against a rival bloc's nomination for prime minister, rest inside Iraq's parliament in the capital Baghdad's high-security Green Zone, on July 31, 2022, a day after storming it. (Photo by Sabah ARAR / AFP)

It is the second time in days that supporters of the firebrand Shiite cleric have forced their way into the legislative chamber, after October elections failed to lead to the formation of a government. (Photo by Sabah ARAR / AFP)

Supporters of Iraqi cleric Moqtada Sadr, protesting against a rival bloc's nomination for prime minister, gather inside Iraq's parliament in the capital Baghdad's high-security Green Zone, on July 31, 2022, a day after storming it. (Photo by Sabah ARAR / AFP)

Supporters of powerful Iraqi cleric Moqtada Sadr penetrated Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone, occupying parliament with no plan to leave. (Photo by Ahmad AL-RUBAYE / AFP)

A man deploys a national flag as supporters of the Iraqi cleric Moqtada Sadr gather inside the country's parliament in the capital Baghdad's high-security Green Zone, to protest against a rival bloc's nomination for prime minister, on July 30, 2022. (Photo by Ahmad Al-Rubaye / AFP)

Supporters of the Iraqi cleric Moqtada Sadr bring down concrete barriers leading to the capital Baghdad's high-security Green Zone and the country's parliament, as they protest against a rival bloc's nomination for prime minister, on July 30, 2022. (Photo by Ahmad Al-Rubaye / AFP)

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