Iranians Rally Against Trump, But Some Thank America

Earlier this week, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei stated he was grateful to Trump for showing “the true face of the U.S.”. “They should know that the language of threats has never worked with Iran”, Rouhani told the crowd at the Azadi Square.

“This turnout is a response to false remarks of the new White House rulers and the people are telling the world through their presence that the Iranian people must be spoken to with respect and dignity”, Rouhani said. “We will strongly confront any war-mongering policies”. The parade included among other things, many banners and provocative exhibits about the growing tensions against the US government and US President Donald Trump.

Tensions between the USA and Iran have been ramping up in the first few weeks of the Trump presidency. The report added that some marchers drew a distinction between the American people and the Trump administration. However, it emerged last night that the oil giant Total made its decision to invest in Iran conditional on the Trump administration’s renewal of U.S. sanctions waivers by the summer.

Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said Trump’s actions had exposed his country’s “political, economic, ethical and social corruption”.

“Trump has said we should be scared and frightened of him”. Like most people who spoke to NBC News at the rally, Amir gave only his first name.

On Friday, Rouhani also hailed the achievements of 2015 nuclear deal for Iran, saying that it enabled the country to establish its nuclear rights internationally.

Speaking on Tuesday, Khamenei said Trump was revealing the “real face” of the USA and that Iranians would respond to threats by taking part in this year’s annual rally.

Last week, The Iranian head of Revolutionary Guards’ aerospace unit threatened to harshly retaliate against its enemies, Reuters reported.

The rallies commemorate February 11, 1979, when followers of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini ousted the US-backed Shah Reza Pahlavi.

Concerns have also been raised over the future of a deal, brokered by the Obama administration, that requires Iran to heavily restrict its nuclear program. “It is unsurprising that after 35 years of enmity, the revived US-Iran relationship would stumble as a radically different leadership takes power in Washington”, she says.