IRAN: Thousands of Iranian high school students gather in Tehran to mark the 27th anniversary of the storming of the former U.S. embassy

Record ID: 1535046

  • Title: IRAN: Thousands of Iranian high school students gather in Tehran to mark the 27th anniversary of the storming of the former U.S. embassy
  • Date: 4th November 2006
  • Summary: PROTESTERS CHANTING "NUCLEAR ENERGY IS OUR RIGHT" PROTESTERS BURNING U.S. FLAG CLOSE OF PROTESTER CHANTING "DEATH TO AMERICA" BANNER READING: "DEATH TO AMERICA, DEATH TO ISRAEL"
  • Embargoed: 19th November 2006 16:14
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  • Topics: History,Domestic Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA4MK0C00JFR026T2OANKJJHVFM
  • Aspect Ratio: 4:3
  • Story Text: Thousands of Iranians chanted "death to America" on Saturday (November 4) outside the former U.S. embassy that students stormed on this day in 1979, reaffirming Iran's defiance now it faces possible sanctions for its nuclear work.
    Iran sees itself as victimised by an aggressive United States bent on controlling the Middle East and exacting revenge against Tehran's Islamic leaders for overthrowing the U.S.-backed shah 27-years-ago.
    "America should know that the Iranian nation appropriate reaction to any measure that restrict sovereignty of Iranian nation including its certain right to peaceful use of nuclear energy," Iranian parliamentary speaker Gholamali Haddadadel told protesters.
    "Nuclear energy is our certain right," the crowd responded.
    Demonstrators burnt U.S. and Israeli flags as well as effigies of Uncle Sam and U.S. President George W. Bush outside the former embassy which state media calls the "nest of spies".
    Many high school students had been let out of class to attend the annual demonstration.
    While the crowd appeared to number up to 10,000 people, the turnout was not as big as previous years.
    Protesters carried banners proclaiming the rallying cries of "Death to America" and "death to Israel" and "America is the Great Satan".
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