Iranians mark anniversary of 1979 US embassy takeover amid anti-Israeli sentiments

(4 Nov 2023)
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Tehran - 4 November 2023
1. Protesters waving Iranian, Hezbollah, and Palestinian flags
2. Mid of protesters chanting (Farsi): "Death to America"
3. Close of placard reading (Farsi) "America is definitely complicit in the crimes of the Zionist regime in Gaza." (Quote from supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's speech), (English) "Down with USA" and (Farsi) "Death to America"
4. Parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf approaching lectern for speech
5. Crowds chanting slogans
6. SOUNDBITE (Farsi) Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, Iranian Parliament speaker:
"The Zionist regime and America, the criminal, must be aware that no matter what they do and what happens in Gaza, the turning point that I talked about (the Hamas offensive on October 7) and the new equation will not change."
7. People waving flags
8. Students singing on stage
9. Pictures of Khamenei and placards reading "death to Israel", "Down with USA"
10. People waving Palestinian flags
11. SOUNDBITE (Farsi) Fatemeh Davoodi, 22, Tehran resident:
"Those who talk about humanity should take sides quickly when it comes to what's going on in Gaza. If humanity is their religion, they should prove it. This is a war against humanity and human residents of Gaza are perishing."
12. Person in effigy costume with US and Israeli flags
13. Wide of protesters with flags
14. Protesters chanting (Farsi): "Death to America"
15. SOUNDBITE (Farsi) Maryam Sadat Ahmadi, 22, Tehran resident:
"We, the Muslim world, especially the Iranian people, will stand behind you (Palestinians) and we will never leave you alone. If necessary, with our leaders command and permission, we will fight your enemies and the Muslim world's enemies face to face, and will give them the punishment their deserve, and prove that the Muslim world will not be brought to its knees so easily."
16. Various of woman crying and holding a baby doll as a symbol of the Palestinian children who have been killed in the war, other holding placards depicting Ali Khamenei, Supreme Leader of Iran
17. Wide of people waving flags
STORYLINE:
Thousands of Iranians gathered in Tehran on Saturday to mark the anniversary of the 1979 takeover of the US embassy, chanting “Death to America” and “Death to Israel” while condemning Washington’s support of the Israeli offensive against Gaza.

The rally — which was called for by the state — came as the Israel-Hamas war entered its fourth week.

About 1,400 people in Israel were killed and over 240 taken hostage after Hamas' surprise attack on Oct.7.

The Israeli retaliatory operation has killed over 9,000 people in the Gaza Strip.

People assembled outside the former US embassy in Tehran, with some burning American and Israeli flags.

Protesters also stomped on images of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Joe Biden.

Others carried banners calling the US “Great Satan.”

The banner on the main podium read: “We trample America under our feet.”

On Wednesday, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei criticized the US for its support of Israel and said Israel would have been paralyzed without it.
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