Iranians pour onto streets to mark 1979 revolution

Risingbd Desk: Hundreds of thousands of Iranians have taken to the streets to begin a nationwide celebration of the 38th anniversary of the country's 1979 revolution.

Marchers chanted traditional slogans against the United States and Israel as they gathered in the main streets of the capital Tehran on Friday.

In his address to demonstrators gathered at the Azadi [Freedom] Square, President Hassan Rouhani warned those using "threatening language" against the country.

Without making a direct reference to the US, Rouhani said that anybody who "threatens the Iranian nation will live to regret it".

The official Mehr News Agency reported that Major General Qassem Soleimani, the commander of the Quds Force, and Ali Akbar Salehi, head of the atomic energy agency, had also joined the Tehran march.

The commemoration came as US President Donald Trump was engaged in a war of words with Iran's leadership, saying he had put Tehran "on notice" over a recent ballistic missile test and imposing new sanctions on Iranian businessmen and companies.

Source: Agencies



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