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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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William Christou in Beirut and Shah Meer Baloch in Islamabad

At least 22 people dead after pro-Iran protests in Pakistan and Iraq

Protesters flee from the police
Protesters flee from the police during clashes outside the US consulate building in Karachi on Sunday. Photograph: Akhtar Soomro/Reuters

At least 22 people are dead following pro-Iran demonstrations in Pakistan in which hundreds of people marched on the US consulate in Karachi. Security forces in Iraq have also fired teargas at protesters who tried to storm the US embassy in Baghdad.

As anger boiled over after US-Israeli strikes killed Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, a crowd of demonstrators in Karachi chanted against the offensive before entering the reception hall of the consulate building and lighting a small fire.

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