IRAN: Iranians take to the streets of Tehran for anti-Israel rally entitled 'God's Day Rally'

Record ID: 214570

  • Title: IRAN: Iranians take to the streets of Tehran for anti-Israel rally entitled 'God's Day Rally'
  • Date: 28th October 2005
  • Summary: (W2) TEHRAN, IRAN (OCTOBER 28, 2005) (REUTERS) WIDE SHOT EXTERIOR OF MOSQUE WITH ANTI-ZIONIST BANNERS HANGING HUGE BANNER READING "THE WORLD WITHOUT ZIONISM"; BANNERS OF IRANIAN LEADERS; HUGE BANNERS WITH SHOWING BURNING STAR OF DAVID; PROTESTERS WITH BURNING STAR OF DAVID POSTERS; BANNER WITH STAR OF DAVID WRAPPED IN BARBED WIRE, READING "DOWN WITH ISRAEL"; PROTESTERS BEGINNING TO ASSEMBLE; PROTESTER WITH KEFFIYAH WRAPPED AROUND FACE; ANTI-ISRAEL BANNERS HANGING FROM BUILDING (SOUNDBITE) (Farsi) ALI AKBAR IJI SAYING: "If Mr. Ahmadinejad has made such comments then he is repeating what the Imam (leader of Iran's Islamic revolution Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini) has said; that Israel has to be removed from the life of this world. It's not possible for us as Muslims to make any compromises with the Zionist regime." VARIOUS OF PROTESTERS HOLDING ANTI-ISRAEL POSTERS (SOUNDBITE) (Farsi) HAMID JAVIDAN SAYING: "What he (Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad) has said is absolutely right and correct. There are countries (in the Middle East) like Jordan and others who indirectly support Israel. The only country that offers support to the Palestinians is Iran; it's only Iran that backs the Palestinians." CHILDREN PAINTING PICTURES; WOMEN MARCHING ALONG ROAD; MARCHERS WITH POSTERS AROUND THEIR NECKS; WOMEN SITTING AT SIDE OF ROAD WITH ANTI-ISRAEL POSTERS (SOUNDBITE) (Farsi) WOMAN, MASOUMEH TALA SAYING: "I one hundred percent support comments and words that are said in the fight against Israel and that may help neutralise that conspiracies that are planned by a regime that occupies the land of others. Other people (in Iran) also support him (Iranian President Mahnmoud Ahmadinejad); in fact all those who turned out in their millions for vote for him as president; as a president who is decisive in all political issues." WOMEN WALKING ALONG ROAD
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  • Topics: International Relations
  • Reuters ID: LVADHOR1XZL8F4W1WN1E2L8LXG1E
  • Story Text: Thousands of Iranians marched through Tehran on Friday (October 28, 2005) protesting against Israel at a rally entitled 'God's Day Rally'.
    Gathering in the centre of the city before the march, protesters carried posters picturing a Star of David burning or wrapped in barbed wire. Massive banners hung
    from nearby buildings carrying anti-zionist images and slogans.
    Support for the Palestinian cause is a central policy for the Islamic Republic, which does not recognise Israel.
    Its president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, said on Wednesday (October 26) the Islamic world "will not let its historic enemy live in its heartland".
    Europe condemned Iran's president on Thursday (October 27) for saying Israel should be "wiped off the map", and said the call raised concerns about the aims of a country
    the West suspects is planning to build an atomic bomb.
    European Union leaders and Russia joined the United States and Canada in condemning the comments, and Iranian envoys across Europe, including Russia, were summoned to
    explain the remarks.
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