"Hundreds of demonstrators stormed the Iraqi parliament building on Wednesday evening," the statement said.
The material emphasizes that the protesters oppose the nomination of the candidacy of Muhammad al-Sudani for the post of prime minister of Iraq.
Earlier, AFP reported that protesters in Sri Lanka surrounded the residence of President Gotabai Rajapaksa and took control of it, the head of state was forced to leave it.
Rajapaksa later retired.