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'No to America, no to Iran': Thousands protest against foreign influence across Iraq

Huge crowds of protesters hit the streets of several Iraqi provinces on Friday, rallying against the government and rejecting both US and Iranian presences in the country.

"No to America and no to Iran, Sunnis and Shias are brothers," anti-government protesters in Babil province chanted.

Basrans chanted, "In our souls, in our blood, we will be for you Iraq," while the people in Nasiriyah, a restive city about 200km away, were chanting "Neither America nor Iran, our revolution is a young revolution."

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