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Anti-Israel marches in Iran to be by car this year, Rouhani says

Quds Day in Iran usually involves mass marches where protesters chant 'Death to Israel' and 'Death to America' and burn flags. But this year, the coronavirus pandemic ravaging Iran requires protesters take extra care, President Hassan Rouhani says.

by  Reuters and ILH Staff
Published on  05-17-2020 10:15
Last modified: 05-17-2020 08:43
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Traditional anti-Israeli protests in Iran this year will have to be conducted by car to help avoid spreading the novel coronavirus, the country's president announced on Saturday.

This year's Quds Day in Iran, an anti-Israel event held every year on the last Friday of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, will see no marches, President Hassan Rouhani announced Saturday.

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Instead, Iranians will be able to join motorized columns organized by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps in their cars, Rouhani said, or join an event held online in a bid to curb the spread of COVID-19 coronavirus in the country.

Quds (Jerusalem) Day usually events see thousands-strong marches in Tehran as events held around the country in what Iran claims is a show of support for the Palestinians.

These events typically see Israeli and US flags burned and chanting along the lines of "Death to Israel!" or "Death to America!"

These slogans will apparently sound from vehicles' windows this year, and Rouhani also said Iranians joining the motor-columns can still wave flags.

Rouhani also touted the country's progress in containing the disease, with Tehran reporting only 35 new deaths on Saturday.

The latest figures put its official tally of confirmed cases at 118,392, with a death toll of 6,937.

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