Anniversary rift arises in Tehran
Anti-U.S. rally draws opposition
Photo by Vahid Salemi / AP
Male Iranian school students, who are members of Basij militia, which is a unit of the Revolutionary Guard, burn a US flag, in an annual demonstration in front of the former US Embassy in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday.
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Thousands of Iranians took to the streets Wednesday to mark the 30th anniversary of the 1979 seizure of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, but the annual state-sponsored anti-American rally turned into another sign of the deep divisions persisting in this country.
As pro-government demonstrators ritually chanted “Death to America!” outside the former U.S. Embassy, opposition protesters used the occasion to vent their anger over a disputed presidential election in June and the harsh crackdown that followed it. Converging on a square about half a mile from the former embassy, the opposition marchers denounced President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad with shouts of “Death to the dictator !”
A new theme emerged, with many protesters declaring their impatience with President Barack Obama’s ...
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