The Times of Israel reports: “Iranians on Tuesday celebrated the anniversary of the 1979 takeover of the US Embassy in Tehran — the first such commemoration since the US bombed Iran’s nuclear facilities during a 12-day war with Israel in June.
On November 4, 1979, Iranian students overran guards to take over the embassy, seizing dozens of hostages in a crisis that would last for more than a year.
In what is a yearly commemoration, thousands of people returned to the spot in downtown Tehran on Tuesday chanting ‘Death to US’ and ‘Death to Israel.’ Some hanged effigies of US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and set fire to US and Israeli flags.
State media said similar gatherings took place in other Iranian cities and towns.
Mock-ups of Iranian missiles were on display on the sideline of the rallies, some inscribed with the words ‘Death to America.’ Replicas of centrifuge machines used in uranium enrichment were also on show.
Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei vowed Monday during a meeting with students that there would be no move toward normalizing ties with Washington soon — a message echoed on banners at Tuesday’s rallies…”
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