The demonstrators, mostly students, staged demonstrations to express their
opposition to the unabated hegemonic policies of the United States.
On November 4, 1979, a group of university students took over the U.S. embassy
in Tehran, which they believed had turned into a center of espionage aimed at
overthrowing the Islamic Republic, which was at its early stages of development.
Each year, Iranians rally outside the former U.S. embassy building, which is
known as the "den of espionage” in Iran, to commemorate the event.
The day is also known as the Student Day and the National Day of the Fight
against Global Arrogance.
The marchers, especially students, mocked U.S. President Donald Trump for using
fake name for the Persian Gulf, calling on him to read "history and geography”.
In announcing his new Iran policy on October 13, Trump used harshest words
against Iran and used "Arabian Gulf” for the Persian Gulf.
Iran’s top security official says the "failed” policy of sanctions and threats
against the resilient Iranian nation have proven "ineffective”.
Demonstrators in the rallies issued a statement thanking officials for their
decisive and untied position against Washington’s hostilities.
Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council Ali Shamkhani addressed
this year’s rally in Tehran, saying Donald Trump was a "crazy individual”
turning the U.S. and other countries in the "direction of suicide”.
"All the governments confirm that the American president is a crazy individual
who is taking others toward the direction of suicide,” Shamkhani said, the
Guardian reported.
He said Trump’s policies against Iranian people have "brought them out into the
streets today,” adding that the American foreign policy had failed.
"American politicians and people are having second thoughts about their choice
of president and acknowledge that the U.S. has been defeated in materializing
its foreign policy,” Shamkhani said, Press TV reported.
"The U.S. has long been dealt blows by our country and our region and thus
regularly bares its warmongering teeth. And when a missile is tested thousands
of kilometers away, after [issuing empty] threats, all their president does is
put out a tweet.”
He also said that the countries who have backed Washington’s anti-Iran stance in
recent years were themselves at a loss.
"Those who either with the U.S. or on their own acted against the Islamic
Republic over the past four decades... both suffer from domestic instability and
have no standing in the region,” the Iranian official said.
Shamkhani also said Washington’s "failed” policy of threats and sanctions
against the resilient Iranian nation have proven "ineffective”.
He added arrogant powers themselves have acknowledged that despite four decades
of animosities and sanctions Iran has emerged "more powerful than before”.
The top security official also said the Iranian nation have proven the record
bearer in countering U.S. plots.
Shamkhani also said the November 4 rallies this year have turned into a scene of
opposition to Trump’s anti-Iran policies.
During the rallies, a number of students staged a mock funeral procession for
U.S. President Donald Trump, in a symbolic move to protest Trump’s aggressive
stance against the Islamic Republic.
On Thursday, Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said the
United States is Iran’s "number one enemy” and that backing down in the face of
the U.S. bullying will make it more "pushy” and "brazen”.
"Backing down against the Americans will make them pushy and brazen; therefore,
the only way is confrontation and resistance,” the Leader told a large number of
students.