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Iranians mark anniversary of US embassy seizure with chants of 'Death to America'

Head of Iranian army Maj. Gen. Abdolrahim Mousavi: Our fight with America is over our independence, over not submitting to bullying, over values, beliefs and our religion.

by  Reuters and Israel Hayom Staff
Published on  11-04-2019 17:04
Last modified: 11-04-2019 18:00
Iranians mark anniversary of US embassy seizure with chants of 'Death to America'AP Photo/Vahid Salemi

Demonstrators hold an anti-US banner as they stand on a makeshift US flag during an annual rally in front of the former US Embassy in Tehran, Monday | Photo: AP Photo/Vahid Salemi

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Thousands of Iranians chanted "Death to America" near the old US embassy on Monday, the 40th anniversary on the seizure of the mission, with the country's army chief comparing the United States with a poisonous scorpion intent on harming Iran.

Crowds packed the streets around the former mission, dubbed the "den of spies" after Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution.

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Hardline students stormed the embassy soon after the fall of the US-backed shah, and 52 Americans were held hostage there for 444 days. The two countries have been enemies ever since.

The US and Israeli flags and effigies of US President Donald Trump were set ablaze during marches and rallies that were held in some 1,000 communities across the country, state media said.

"Our fight with America is over our independence, over not submitting to bullying, over values, beliefs and our religion," army chief Major General Abdolrahim Mousavi said in a speech at the rally outside the former embassy.

Demonstrators set fire to a makeshift Israeli flag during an anti-US rally AP Photo/Vahid Salemi

"They [Americans] will continue their hostilities, like the proverbial poisonous scorpion whose nature it is to sting and cannot be stopped unless it is crushed," Mousavi said in remarks carried by state TV.

The White House said after four decades Iran's clerical rulers continued to "target innocent civilians for use as pawns in its failed foreign relations," its spokeswoman Stephanie Grisham said in a statement.

"Until Iran changes this and its other hostile behavior, we will continue to impose crippling sanctions," she said.

"It [the Iranian regime] can choose peace over hostage taking, assassinations, sabotage, maritime hijacking, and attacks on global oil markets ... we support the Iranian people. It is time for the Iranian regime to do the same."

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has the last say on all state matters, on Sunday renewed a ban on talks with Iran's longtime foe the United States, describing the two countries as implacable foes.

"Those who believe that negotiations with the enemy will solve our problems are 100% wrong," he said.

Meanwhile, Iran's parliament gave initial approval to a measure requiring schoolbooks to inform students about "America's crimes." Lawmakers also chanted "Death to America."

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