A video clip of an Iraqi street vendor whose car was confiscated by a policeman, crying bitterly over the loss of his only source of income, has sparked widespread sympathy on social media platforms.

The video shows the seller, Nasser Nawaf, in tears, talking about what happened to him, as he owned a cart in the city of Karbala (south of Baghdad), but a policeman kicked it with his foot and prevented him from working.

đź”´ Why did


you take the caravan of the poor because


a tear for this poor citizen


will shake the thrones of the oppressors pic.twitter.com/l04EvBBO2c

— Firas W. Alsarray - Firas Al-Saray (@firasalsarrai) February 16, 2022

Nawaf was forced to go to the neighboring province of Najaf to sell water at Basta in one of its cemeteries, but he was also harassed.

wide interaction

The shot witnessed a wide interaction on the communication platforms, where the tweeters expressed their sympathy with the seller Nasser Nawaf, noting that it was the injustice that led him and others to this situation.

Others pointed out that Nasser's tears, which were caused by the oppression of men, will be a curse to every oppressor and negligent against Iraq and its people, as they put it.

Journalist Ammar Burhan commented, in a tweet to him, "We will keep crying while they and their families will love life. We will starve and they will be bored with food and luxury...".

He added, "We will live in a suit without dignity, and they and their children will study at the largest international universities. We will die while our children are ignorant of fate, and they fight for positions, as if they are the tears of all Iraqis."

We will keep crying while they and their families will love life, we will starve while they are filled with food and luxury, we will live in a suit without dignity and they and their children will study in the largest international universities, we will die while our children do not know the fate, and they fight for positions, as if they are the tears of all Iraqis #Nasser_Al-Ziyadi #All_Nashbeh_Nasser pic.twitter.com/Gaw

— Amaar burhan (@AmaarBurhan) February 18, 2022

why?

Wayne Saer this men How do we deliver it?

— Aseel (@AseelAlnajjar22) February 16, 2022

He was rebuked, reprimanded, and in good health.


Every one who entered his stomach with a dinar is the right of this man and his ilk.. Where are


you, Aba Al-Hassan,


to kill those who wronged this man and created poverty for an entire people https://t.co/661cuY7Jah

— Ali Al-Saraf (@aliElsaraf) February 17, 2022

The tweeter, Yasser Al-Lami, called on the concerned authorities in Iraq to let the poor work without harassment, or to find suitable alternatives for them to earn their livelihood.

Let the poor live, and by God, a tear from many makes the world and what is in it. https://t.co/xx94NYyXhP

— Yasir M.allami (@ys___no) February 17, 2022

Activists later revealed that an Iraqi woman named "Siham" helped Nawaf and bought him a new vehicle.

đź”´ Nasser got


a souta instead of an Araba, thank you for the wonderful six Siham


and thank you to all the charitable people pic.twitter.com/VVvgYDe4Fu

— Firas W. Alsarray - Firas Al-Saray (@firasalsarrai) February 19, 2022

Often, municipal authorities in the capital (Baghdad) and the Iraqi governorates, reinforced by police patrols, pursue stall owners and street vendors on sidewalks and roads, for not meeting the legal requirements, licensing requirements, and health conditions.