Iranians Rally by the Hundreds of Thousands in Biggest Show of Defiance Since War Began – WTOP News
State media said over 300,000 people joined the rally, where volunteers pledged training and defense support for the Revolutionary Guard.
- On Friday, hundreds of thousands of Iranians rallied in Tehran, pledging readiness to take up arms in the largest demonstration since the United States and Israel attacked in February.
- Government organizers launched the "Janfaday-e Iran," or "Sacrifice for Iran," campaign to stress national unity as the economy worsens under a naval blockade and sanctions, reinforcing the Revolutionary Guard and Basij.
- The Guard displayed drones used in the Strait of Hormuz while participants chanted "Death to America" and "Death to Israel," and Basij head Hossein Taeb declared volunteers ready for "full-fledged defense."
- President Masoud Pezeshkian watched the march as Taeb added that new trainees would create a "nightmare" for enemies, with the government utilizing these volunteers to suppress potential future dissent.
- Activists report a crackdown killed over 7,000 people and detained tens of thousands, contrasting official claims that more than 30 million Iranians volunteered for service following earlier economic protests.
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Iranians Rally by the Hundreds of Thousands in Biggest Show of Defiance Since War Began
CAIRO (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of Iranians rallied Friday in a government-organized show of defiance after months of war, pledging their readiness to take up arms in the biggest such demonstration since the United States and Israel attacked in February. Iran's government has sought to rally the people and stress national unity, even as the economy worsens under a U.S. naval blockade of Iranian ports and new U.S. sanctions meant to increase T…
Hundreds of thousands of Iranians gathered today in a show of resistance organized by the government after months of war, declaring their readiness to take up arms in the largest such demonstration since the start of the US-Israeli attack in February of this year.
(Cairo=Yonhap News) Correspondent Kim Sang-hoon = The largest government-orchestrated protest since the outbreak of the war last February took place in Tehran, the capital of Iran.
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