An Iraqi leader has called LGBT+ people ‘psychotic patients’ after embassies sparked a diplomatic row by raising the LGBT+ rainbow flag in Baghdad.
The embassies of the UK, Canada, the European Union all flew the Pride flag in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad yesterday. The World Bank Office also joined them.
The action was to mark International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT). However, the Iraqi foreign ministry claimed the embassies had upset the ‘sacred religious