One person died and several were injured when Iraqi security forces fired live rounds in the air to disperse anti-government protests in central Baghdad, according to security and medical sources.
Sources say 14 protesters and seven members of the security forces were hurt in the clashes.
Video footage showed protesters clashing with police in Baghdad, with both sides throwing objects. One wounded police officer was seen being lifted into an ambulance for treatment.
Hundreds demonstrated in Tahrir Square, shouting slogans against Iran-backed militias and accusing Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi's government of failing to answer for the deaths of dozens of activists shot dead in different parts of Iraq in recent months.
When nationwide protests erupted in 2019, hundreds of mostly unarmed demonstrators were killed and Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi was forced to resign. He was replaced by Kadhimi, who pledged to investigate activists' deaths but also imprisoned hundreds of demonstrators.
The government has vowed to crack down on what it says are criminal armed groups trying to destabilize the country and to impose state control over weapons as part of efforts to reduce the influence of militias.
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