Iran Finds Itself in Crosshairs of Arab Protesters – The Wall Street Journal

Late Sunday, protesters in the holy Shiite city of Karbala torched the Iranian consulate with Molotov mixed drinks, transporting an Iraqi flag up on the compound walls. Security forces eliminated 3 people when dispersing the crowd with live ammunition, according to Iraq’s human-rights commission.

The biggest mass protests to strike Iraq and Lebanon in decades are presenting a direct obstacle to the influence Iran has actually gained in both countries as demonstrators look for to overturn the political order.

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