"We wish that there would be a commitment from the Iranian president personally to cease all kind of interventions in Iraq’s security and political affairs," Abdul-Karim al-Samaraie, a lawmaker with the main Sunni parliamentary bloc, the Iraqi Accordance Front, told the Arabic language TV station Al-Jazeera.
Ahmadinejad’s visit to Iraq has prompted widespread protests by Iraqi political personalities and parties critical of Iranian regime’s meddling in Iraq.
Mr. Muhammad al-Daini, a member of Iraqi National Assembly from the Iraqi National Dialogue Front called for protests against upcoming visit by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the Iranian regime’s president, the Al-Hurra Arabic-language satellite TV channel reported on Friday.
Mr. Daini said that Iranian regime is responsible for murder of thousands of Iraqis by the Iranian backed armed militia groups in Iraq. He called for the shutdown of Iranian regime’s diplomatic offices in Iraq.
On Thursday city of Baquba witnessed similar protests. The protesters carried banners reading “No, no to the Iranian regime.” They said Iranian regime and its president were meddling in the internal affairs of Iraq, supporting al-Qaeda, promoting religious hatred and inciting sectarian violence.
On Friday, in Baghdad, the demonstrators called on the Multi-National Force-Iraq to prevent Ahmadinejad from visiting their country. They distributed leaflets reading "Iraq is not for sale.”