BAGHDAD — Iraqi protesters have been waging campaigns to boycott foreign products flooding Iraqi markets, namely Iranian ones, in a bid to promote local goods.

Despite the fact that the number of protesters has been decreasing recently, especially after the assassination of two top commanders — Iranian Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, Tehran-backed deputy leader of Iraq's Popular Mobilization Units — these campaigns are continuing, and in some cities like the capital Baghdad even on rise. 

Protesters went out into the streets and launched a campaign on social media, which went viral among Iraqi activists and internet users.

Made in Iraq has been sharing pictures of Iraqi products and asking Iraqis to buy them. Activists in the Iraqi National Product campaign also called on its Facebook followers to buy chicken from the city of Kubaysah, which is produced in Anbar governorate. They also encouraged the purchase of red eggs produced in al-Nuaimiya in Wasit governorate. Activist Abbas Faisal al-Mamouri wrote on social media pages supporting local products that “these campaigns are positively reflected on increasing the gross domestic product and decreasing the unemployment rate.”