TEHRAN (FNA)- A senior Iraqi lawmaker said that the US and certain Persian Gulf Arab states are involved in the chaos and unrests in Basra in Southern Iraq.
“Those who coax people into violence are the mercenaries of the US and the Persian Gulf Arab states and they aim to carry out acts of sabotage and stir chaos,” Mohammed al-Baldawi was quoted by the Arabic-language al-Mawazin news website as saying on Sunday.
He added that the US and its Arab allies have started plots to set fire to Southern Iraq after implementing similar plots in the Northern and Western provinces of the country by using the ISIL terrorist group.
“The regional powers are behind the violence and chaos witnessed in Basra and Dhi Qar provinces,” al-Baldawi said.
Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al Kadhimi arrived in Basra to meet with security officials on Saturday night, just hours after returning from his official visit to the US, following days of protests in the Southern city.
The prime minister was accompanied by a high-ranking security delegation that included the defesce minister, and the heads of the national security agency and Counter-Terrorism Services.
Demonstrators clashed with security forces, hurling Molotov cocktails. At least eight security personnel were injured in the clashes, said Ali Al Bayati, spokesman for the Independent High Commission for Human Rights.
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