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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Politics
Maziar Motamedi

Iran holds rallies to support Gaza, mark 1979 US embassy takeover

Iranians wave Palestinian flags on November 3, 2023, as they gather in a Tehran square to watch a televised speech by Lebanese Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah [AFP]

Tehran, Iran – Demonstrations have been held across Iran to denounce the United States and Israel and to mark the 1979 takeover of the US embassy in Tehran as Israel bombards the Gaza Strip.

Saturday marked the 13th day of the Iranian month of Aban, the day the US embassy was stormed by young revolutionaries shortly after the country’s 1979 revolution, which birthed the current theocratic establishment in Iran.

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