BOYCOTT IRANIAN PRODUCTS.. KURDISH CITIZENS: IT WILL BE A “PUNISHMENT” FOR TEHRAN AND A RESPONSE TO “CRIMES” AGAINST IRAQ
Today, Monday, a number of citizens of the Kurdistan Region expressed their support for the call to boycott Iranian products announced by the Erbil Chamber of Commerce, after the capital of the Kurdistan Region was subjected to a violent Iranian attack. While they described the boycott as “economic punishment” for Tehran, they stressed that the boycott will be a popular response to The “crimes” committed by Iran against Iraq in general.
Farman, a citizen of the city of Erbil, said in an interview with Shafaq News Agency, “Iran violated human rights with this attack on the city of Erbil, and I support the boycott of Iranian products in the markets by merchants as an economic punishment after this crime, which we hope will not be repeated.”
For his part, Hirsh Ahmed, a worker in one of the popular markets in Erbil, said in an interview with Shafaq News Agency, “It is necessary for citizens to commit to the boycott because it will be a popular response to the crimes committed by Iran against Iraq in general,” indicating that “we need to pay attention to local products that are better than Similar ones imported from Iran in order to meet the market’s need after the boycott and without any negative results.”
In turn, Muhammad Salim, a citizen of Sulaymaniyah Governorate, told Shafaq News Agency, “The boycott decision will be very important if implemented by merchants in the Kurdistan Region, as Iranian products are widely present in the region’s markets,and after that comes the role of the media in raising awareness of the importance of this matter.”
On January 19, 2024, the Erbil Chamber of Commerce, the capital of the Kurdistan Region, called on citizens and merchants to boycott Iranian products after the violent attack it launched a few days ago on the city.
On Monday, the Tehran Chamber of Commerce expressed its “deep regret” at the Erbil Chamber of Commerce’s call on merchants and individuals to boycott Iranian goods, stressing the need for continued economic cooperation between Iraq and the Kurdistan Region with Iran.
The boycott campaign comes after the Iranian Revolutionary Guard launched, on Monday, January 16, 2024, a violent bombardment with ballistic missiles targeting civilian areas in the city of Erbil, which led to 10 civilians being killed or wounded.
The Revolutionary Guards claimed responsibility for these strikes and said they came “in response to the crimes of the Zionist regime against the Islamic Republic, the latest of which was the killing of a number of Guard commanders by Zionist fire. A major Mossad spy headquarters in the Kurdistan region of Iraq was targeted and destroyed with ballistic missiles.”
The Kurdistan Region Security Council considered the missile bombardment launched by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, which targeted civilian areas in the city of Erbil, “a blatant violation of the sovereignty of the region and all of Iraq.”
(This is the Iranian way of trying to force Iraq to get rid of any American combat troops in Iraq. Get rid of the US forces and the attacks will stop, they claim. Really? Maybe now Iraq is waking up to just how horrible the Iranian dictator is. So far Iraq has been very patient with Iran as they are their major trading partner and so -called “Muslim brothers”. But patients are growing thin with Iran and we can see it beginning now.)
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