Hundreds of Sadr supporters demonstrate outside Bahraini consulate in Najaf

Najaf (IraqiNews) Many of Sadr Supporters demonstrated, on Sunday, in front of the Bahraini consulate building in Najaf to protest Khaled Bin Ahmed, the Bahraini Foreign Minister’s statements against their leader, Muqtada al-Sadr.

Alsumaria News reported that the demonstrators carried roses, after close persons to al-Sadr affirmed his call for anyone who wants to demonstrate in front of the Bahraini consulate to handing over a rose as a gift to the Bahraini people.

A delegation of protesting clerics also entered the consulate and handed over bouquets of roses and a letter calling the Bahraini government for an official apology.

It is noteworthy that Muqtada al-Sadr issued a statement demanding that the war in Yemen, Bahrain and Syria to stop immediately, and their rulers to be immediately stepped down, while called the United Nations to intervene to prepare for fair elections away from the intervention of all countries and protect them from terrorism.

The Bahraini Foreign Minister, Khalid bin Ahmed, said on his Twitter account on Sadr’s statement, saying that Muqtada is concerned about the increasing interference in Iraqi affairs, and instead of directing his speech to the Iranian regime that controls his country, he chose the safer path and directed his words to Bahrain.

The minister also added, “May God help Iraq for having him [al-Sadr] and his likes of fool rulers.