There's A Whole Bunch Of Anti-Saudi Posters Popping Up In Iraq

For a bunch of reasons as to why that is, just read this. The short version: it's both geopolitical and tied to religion.

The stampede left at least 2,200 pilgrims dead, including hundreds of Iranians, enraging authorities in Tehran who accused authorities in Riyadh of negligence. This year, after quiet negotiations failed, no pilgrims from Iran were allowed to travel to Mecca to perform hajj, a religious obligation for Muslims.

In his September 5 speech, he described the Saudi royal family as “fitna*-promoting rulers” who are forming and arming “wicked takfiri** groups” that have plunged the Islamic world into civil wars, condemning “godless [Saudi] politicians who have extended the hand of friendship towards the Zionist regime.”

“The world of Islam, including Muslim governments and peoples, must familiarize themselves with the Saudi rulers and correctly understand their blasphemous, faithless, dependent and materialistic nature,” Khamenei said in his speech. “They must not let those rulers escape responsibility for the crimes they have caused throughout the world of Islam.”

* "fitna" is loosely translated as "discord"

** A "takfiri" is a Sunni Muslim who accuses another Muslim of being an apostate, or someone who's abandoned their faith