Demonstrators in Tehran burned a large banner showing US President Donald Trump, JD Vance, Benjamin Netanyahu and Steve Witkoff at a rally on Wednesday marking the 1979 takeover of the US embassy, according to Euronews. The Iran Trump banner burning took place in Enghelab Square.
Euronews reported that flames engulfed a huge red banner, and that the four figures were shown with torn clothes and apparent injuries. Al Jazeera described a giant banner depicting Trump and Netanyahu being burnt in Tehran, so the two accounts differ on how many figures appeared.
According to Euronews, crowds chanted "Death to America" and "Death to Israel" at the former American embassy and stamped on US and Israeli flags. Demonstrators also carried portraits of Ali Khamenei and his son Mojtaba, and some displayed caricatures of Trump and Netanyahu, including one showing Trump as a dog on a leash.
The annual event commemorates the 1979 hostage crisis, in which 52 Americans were detained for 444 days, Euronews reported. Euronews also said the rally followed a Democratic sweep of Congress in the US midterms. Africanews reported that the rallies took place during protests that followed a major electoral setback for Trump.
One participant told AP that the election outcome would make little difference to American policy towards Iran, as reported by Euronews.
The sources do not give a crowd size. No response from the Iranian government, the US government or the named individuals was reported, and the sources do not say whether any arrests or other official action followed. Only the Euronews article was available in full; Africanews and Al Jazeera were available only as headlines and short excerpts. The sources report no planned follow-up events or policy changes linked to the rally.
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