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Jose Garcia

(2,598 posts)
Fri Feb 10, 2017, 09:44 AM Feb 2017

Hundreds of thousands protest Trump in Iran

Source: The Hill

Hundreds of thousands of Iranian demonstrators gathered to protest President Trump in Tehran on Friday, while celebrating the anniversary of the nation's 1979 Islamic Revolution.

According to Reuters, Iran's state television reported that the crowed gathered to pledge their allegiance to the clerical establishment in opposition to Trump's administration stating that U.S. put Iran "on notice."

"America and Trump cannot do a damn thing. We are ready to sacrifice our lives for our leader [Ayatollah Ali Khamenei]," an Iranian man told state television, according to the news source.

According to the report, the crowd chanted "Death to America" while carrying effigies an banners of Trump.

Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/news/318887-hundreds-of-thousands-protest-trump-in-iran

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Hundreds of thousands protest Trump in Iran (Original Post) Jose Garcia Feb 2017 OP
Trump will turn this around to his advantage. no_hypocrisy Feb 2017 #1
Bannon is working on it dalton99a Feb 2017 #3
Good, but not entirely IntraPolitico Feb 2017 #2
You have only drumpf to thank for any hate involved. mobeau69 Feb 2017 #5
If they had left out the celebrating 1979 kidnapping DK504 Feb 2017 #4
 

IntraPolitico

(51 posts)
2. Good, but not entirely
Fri Feb 10, 2017, 09:46 AM
Feb 2017

Great to see the protests spreading across the world. Shame that it is tinted with a lot of hate.

DK504

(3,847 posts)
4. If they had left out the celebrating 1979 kidnapping
Fri Feb 10, 2017, 11:34 AM
Feb 2017

their protest would have carried more weight....IMHO

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