Iran Press/Middle East: The Saudi daily Asharq Al-Awsat insulted Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Sistani, Iraq's top Shiite cleric, in a cartoon on Friday, which provoked a wave of anger and reactions against Saudi Arabia and its state-sponsored media
Thousands of Iraqis took to the streets of the capital, Baghdad, on Sunday to condemn the Saudi newspaper's insult to the sanctity of Iraq's Shiite supreme authority, and Saudi's policies and US interference in Iraq's internal affairs.
The demonstrators converged outside the gates of the heavily-fortified Green Zone, which is home to several embassies and government offices including the parliament and the prime minister's office, on Sunday, seeking to break into the Saudi embassy.
The participants demanded that the Iraqi government adopt a clear stance on the insult to the prominent religious figure.
Iraqi people and officials condemned Saudi Daily for Insulting Ayatollah Sistani
Many Iraqi officials also condemned the Saudi newspaper Asharq Al-Awsat's insulting and indecent treatment of the Iraqi Shiite supreme authority, calling it a reflection of the Al Saud regime's policies which is in line with US policies.
Yesterday, the rude insult of a Saudi media outlet to the prominent Iraqi Shia cleric provoked an angry reaction from Iraqi figures.
The Saudi daily Al-Sharq Al-Awsat on Friday published an insulting cartoon of Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, which provoked widespread reactions in Iraq.
In another development on May 15, the Iraqi Parliament's Communications and Information Commission called for the closure of the Saudi MBC TV Channel after insulting the Deputy Commander of Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Unit (PMU) Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis.
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