Nationwide Rallies in Iran: To Defeat Sanctions

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Iranians held rallies across the country to mark the anniversary of the 1979 takeover of the US embassy in Tehran.

Demonstrators in Tehran gathered on Sunday outside the former US diplomatic mission, also known as the “Den of Espionage,” chanting slogans against the United States.

Similar rallies were held in more than 1,000 cities and towns across the vast country, with participants chanting "Death to the US”, "Death to “Israel””, and "Hayhat minna az-zilla” [Never to Humiliation].

On November 4, 1979, a group of university students took over the embassy, which they believed had turned into a center of espionage, plotting to overthrow the nascent Islamic Republic, and held 52 American diplomats for 444 days.

Documents found at the mission corroborated claims by the revolutionary students that Washington had been using the compound to hatch plots against Iran.

The late founder of the Islamic Republic His Eminence Imam Khomeini hailed the takeover as a “second revolution” after the 1979 Islamic Revolution toppled the Shah of Iran, who was a close ally of the US in Iran.

The chief commander of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps [IRGC] addressed the rally in Tehran, saying the nation will defeat US sanctions through resistance.

General Mohammad Ali Jafari said the US is now "on a gradual decline." He said resistance is the only way to overcome oppressive enemies, adding "with God's assistance the Iranian nation will soon overcome economic sanctions."

General Jafari also advised US President Donald Trump not to threaten Iran. "You know well how many of your war veterans commit suicide a day due to depression," he said.

November 4, which falls on the 13th day of the Iranian calendar month of Aban, is also known as the Student Day and the National Day of the Fight against Global Arrogance.

The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps [IRGC] issued a statement on Saturday, saying the Iranian nation will give President Donald Trump a "slap in the face” through their participation in nationwide rallies to mark the embassy takeover.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team