The details of how many people were killed during Monday's demonstrations are falling apart. In Baghdad, between three and five people have been killed, while health care sources indicate a death in Karbala.
Over 100 people were injured in Baghdad just Monday. In Karbala, more than 50 people, including six critically, were injured, hospital sources said.
Radical Shia leader Muqtada al-Sadr, who stood on the side of the protesters, on Monday called on Prime Minister Adil Abd al-Mahdi to trigger new parliamentary elections overseen by the UN. Muqtada al-Sadr, who is leading the largest bloc in the Iraqi parliament, has demanded the resignation of the government and launched a parliamentary strike on Saturday.
The military in Iraq announces that the protests are causing a curfew. On Monday, it announced that there will be curfews in Baghdad from midnight and six hours ahead, according to state television.
The protests erupted earlier in October following general dissatisfaction with corruption, unemployment and substandard social standards.
A representative of the Iraqi Human Rights Commission says it is uncertain how many people have been killed in the last month's growing protests in Baghdad and several other cities, but it is estimated that nearly 240 have been killed.