Iranian supports of Ukraine assembled outside of the Ukrainian Embassy in Tehran on Saturday to protest the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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According to Iranian media, police dispersed protesters who were shouting "Death to Putin," with one woman shouting to the police, "We hate you."
Protestors carried candles and held Ukrainian flags.
Videos showed police cordoning off the Russian Embassy in Tehran in an attempt to prevent protestors from gathering there, Iran International reported.
"Death to Putin" chants at a protest outside the embassy of Ukraine in Tehran pic.twitter.com/OReTabgKLD
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"Bravo to Iranian compatriots who gathered in front of Ukrainian Embassy in Tehran to show solidarity with victims of Putin's aggression," wrote Iranian journalist Amir Taheri on Twitter.
"They reminded the world that Islamic President [Ebrahim] Raisi, a Putin protégé, doesn't represent the views of our people. Protesters behaved with dignity."
Russia and Iran are strategic allies, and Iran has blamed the Russian invasion on "NATO's provocations."
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahain tweeted on Thursday, "The Ukraine crisis is rooted in NATO's provocations."
"We don't believe that resorting to war is a solution. Imperative to establish ceasefire & to find a political and democratic resolution," Abdollahain tweeted.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has praised the "close cooperation" between Russia and Iran. As Iran International pointed out, Iranian state media tends to avoid the use of the word "attack" when referring to the invasion of Ukraine, instead using "Russia's special military operations in eastern Ukraine."
i24NEWS contributed to this report.
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