With Palestinian flags and ‘Death to Israel’ signs, protesters join Quds Day march in Tehran

Demonstrators take to the streets of Tehran to take part in an annual Quds Day protest as supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei urged the Iranian people to show support for Palestinians and protest against “the enemies’ tricks.”

Crowds wave Iranian and Palestinian flags as well as those of the Lebanese terror group Hezbollah and Yemen’s Houthi rebels.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian is in attendance, as well as Quds Force commander Esmail Qaani, Tehran Times reports.

Many hold placards demanding “Death to America” and “Death to Israel,” and are chanting anti-US and anti-Israel slogans, an AFP journalist says.

Similar rallies were held across the country, state TV images show.

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“Your march on Quds Day will nullify all the enemies’ tricks and false words,” Khamenei said in a video message yesterday.

Quds (Jerusalem) Day commemorations were launched in 1979 by the Islamic Republic’s founder, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.

The marches call for Jerusalem to be returned to the Palestinians and are traditionally held on the last Friday of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.