Hundreds take to the streets across Iraq to protest against corruption and generous pension payments to lawmakers.<br/> <br />Here in Nassiriya, security forces used water cannon to break up the protest.<br/> <br />Riot police armed with teargas and batons reportedly wounded 11 people and detained 10.<br/> <br />In the southern port city of Basra, demonstrators waved Iraqi flags and chanted anti-government slogans as they made their way through the city centre.<br/> <br />This man says the Iraqi parliament is now a business and members broke a number of financial promises to the Iraqi people.<br/> <br />There were similar scenes in the Shiite holy city of Kerbala where protesters called for lawmakers' pensions to be cancelled.<br/> <br />Others demanded better education and improved healthcare.<br/> <br />Meanwhile, security forces tightened measures in the capital Baghdad to prevent thousands from heading to Tahrir Square to rally.<br/> <br />The protests mark widespread anger at monthly payments of thousands of dollars an
