Demonstrations launched in Basra to commemorate International Quds Day

Basra (IraqiNews.com) Demonstrations were launched in Central Basra on Friday to commemorate the International Quds Day.

IraqiNews.com reporter stated “Clergymen, Parties’ representatives and chieftains participated in the demonstrations.”

“The demonstrators protested the Israeli attacks against the Palestinian people and called to the international community to stop these violations,” the reporter concluded.

Quds Day, officially in Iran known as International Quds Day is an annual event that began in Iran in 1979, that is commemorated on the last Friday of Ramadan, expressing solidarity with the Palestinian people and opposing Zionism as well as Israel’s control of Jerusalem; Quds is that city’s Arabic name.

Quds Day rallies were first suggested by the leader of the Islamic Revolution in Iran, Ayatollah Khomeini in 1979.

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