Iran Rallies Mark US Embassy Takeover Anniversary with Anti-US, Israel Protests

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Iran marked the 1979 US embassy takeover anniversary with mass rallies in Tehran on Wednesday, featuring flag burnings and officials hailing US and Israeli "defeats" in elections and conflict. The demonstrations included chants of "Death to America" and "Death to Israel," with effigies of President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu paraded through the streets. Officials cited Tuesday's US midterm elections as a rebuke of Trump's Republicans. The anniversary follows a US-Israeli war against Iran launched on February 28, which killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and disrupted global energy markets. The 1979 hostage crisis, which held 52 Americans for 444 days, ended formal US-Iran diplomatic relations.


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