At least 10 dead as demonstrators clashed with police in Pakistan during anti-US protest

At least 10 people died as protests erupted outside the US consulate in the Pakistani port city of Karachi on March 1, 2026. Demonstrators vented their anger following the killing of Iran’s Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in US-Israeli air strikes on March 1, 2026. Governments across Muslim-majority South and Southeast Asia have reiterated calls for restraint as protests flared in several cities, with some religious and political movements hailing the cleric as a “martyr”.