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Massive Anti-Trump Rally in Iran

<p>Hundreds of thousands of Iranians came together in Tehran Friday to recognize the anniversary of the nation&rsquo&semi;s 1979 Islamic Revolution&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Attendees swore allegiance to clerical leaders and spoke out against President Donald Trump&comma; rejecting his threats against the Islamic Republic&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and other top figures urged people to attend Friday&rsquo&semi;s event to &ldquo&semi;show their unbreakable ties with the Supreme Leader and the Islamic Republic&period;&rdquo&semi; According to Rouhani&comma; millions of people turned out to attend rallies throughout the nation&period; &ldquo&semi;This turnout of people is a strong response to false remarks by the new leaders of America&comma;&rdquo&semi; he said&period; &nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>This surge of anti-Trump sentiment comes after the US president imposed new sanctions on Iran and announced he was putting the Middle Eastern nation &ldquo&semi;on notice&rdquo&semi; following its <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;punchingbagpost&period;com&sol;iran-ignores-un-resolution-conducts-second-missile-test&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">ballistic missile test<&sol;a> on January 29th&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Trump Administration is also considering whether to label Iran&rsquo&semi;s Revolutionary Guard Corps a &ldquo&semi;terrorist organization&period;&rdquo&semi; Such a decision would have serious political&comma; economic&comma; and geopolitical ramifications&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Rouhani delievered a speech to the crowds in Tehran&&num;8217&semi;s Azadi &lpar;Freedom&rpar; Square&comma; referring to &&num;8220&semi;inexperienced figures&&num;8221&semi; in America who are &&num;8220&semi;threatening&&num;8221&semi; Iran&period; &ldquo&semi;They should know the language of threats has never worked with Iran&period; We are not seeking tension but we are united before bullying and any threat&period;&rdquo&semi;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Rouhani&rsquo&semi;s speech&comma; in which he highlighted the achievements of his administration&comma; called for national unity&comma; and praised the Obama-era nuclear deal&comma; is likely related to his upcoming bid for re-election&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The crowd&comma; which included hundreds of policeman and military personnel&comma; touted &ldquo&semi;Death to America&rdquo&semi; signs and anti-Trump propaganda as they marched towards Azadi Square&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Protestors stomped on images of Trump and carried banners reading&colon; &ldquo&semi;Thanks Mr&period; Trump for showing the real face of America&period;&rdquo&semi; Others carried &ldquo&semi;Death to the Devil Triangle&rdquo&semi; banners portraying Trump alongside British Prime Minister Theresa May and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In the meantime&comma; Iran insists it has&nbsp&semi;no plans to halt its missile program&period; The effort will continue &nbsp&semi;&ldquo&semi;at any cost&comma;&rdquo&semi; said one of Ayatollah Khamenei&rsquo&semi;s advisers&period; &nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Friday&rsquo&semi;s rally is an annual event held to celebrate the uprising in 1979 when followers of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini overthrew US-backed Shah Reza Pahlavi&period; The event&comma; intended to show support for Iran&rsquo&semi;s clerical regime and its values&comma; regularly draws thousands of supporters&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Editor&&num;8217&semi;s note&colon;<&sol;strong> We want to remind our readers that Iran is not a friendly place&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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