(28 Mar 2025)
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Baghdad – 28 March 2025
1. Various of people carrying Iraqi and Shia militias’ flags
2. Various of members of Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) carrying militia flags
3. Pan of PMF members marching and stepping on Israeli flag
4. Members of PMF participating in the anniversary
5. Posters of Yahya Sinwar (Hamas leader killed by Israel), Qasem Soleimani (Iran Revolutionary Guard General killed in US strike), and Hassan Nasrallah (Hezbollah leader killed in Israeli strike) raised at the event
6. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Muhanad Hussein, deputy head of PMF media:
“Marking the International Jerusalem Day is to support the oppressed nations. Today, the Palestinian people are exposed to oppression and to an obvious genocide by the Zionist entity. Therefore, it is crucial to continue the path of Imam Khomeini where he specified the last Friday of Ramadan to mark these events to support the oppressed. Today, the Iraqi people are supporting the Palestinian people by holding these events and festivals to show support for the oppressed Palestinian people – they are exposed daily to a systematic genocide by the Zionist entity.”
7. Various of women participating in the event
8. Posters of Soleimani and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis (Iraqi militant killed in US strike) raised on the stage
9. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Mushriq al Greawi, head of organized committee for Quds Day:
“We in Iraq confirm our support, steadiness, and persistence. Also, we assert our continuation of supporting the resistance path and standing with the Palestinian and Lebanese people and resistance by providing all kinds of support as well as standing against terrorism and occupation of the Zionist entity by all means, whether it was militarily, culturally, media and others.”
10. Shia religious leaders participating in the event
STORYLINE:
Hundreds of Iraqis marked Jerusalem Day, also known as al-Quds Day, in Baghdad on Friday to show support for Palestinian people.
Members of the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), the umbrella for 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.
The rallies have been observed in Iraq since 2003 and are an expression of support for the Palestinians.
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.
AP video shot by: Ali Jabar
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