TEHRAN, Iran
Hossein Salami, chief commander of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), on Sunday said the United States policies are to blame for the terrorism and divisions in the Muslim world.
Salami made the remarks at a
rally to mark the 45th anniversary of the former U.S. embassy takeover in
Tehran and the "National Day of the Fight against Global Arrogance,"
also known as the "National Student Day."
Speaking at the gathering, the
IRGC chief commander stressed that the "phenomenon of Takfiri (extremist)
terrorism and bloody divisions in the Muslim world" were all outcomes of
the U.S. policies.
Salami described the United
States as a "paradoxical identity," according to the official news
agency IRNA.
He added while the United
States spoke of global peace, security and order, it was the source of all
"crimes, massacres and occupations" in the world.
Iranians took to the streets
on Sunday, staging a march to the premises of the former U.S. embassy, chanting
slogans against the U.S. and Israel. The demonstrators waved flags of Iran,
Hezbollah and Palestine, as well as pictures of Iran's Supreme Leader Ali
Khamenei and slain leaders and commanders of Iran and the regional resistance
groups.
At the end of the rally, the
demonstrators issued a statement vowing allegiance to Iran's supreme leader and
condemning Israel's "crimes" in Gaza and Lebanon, "which are
being perpetrated with the direct participation and support of the United
States."
They also called on the
international community to work towards the achievement of ceasefires in Gaza
and Lebanon.
A few months after the victory
of Iran's Islamic Revolution in February 1979, Iranian university students took
over the U.S. embassy building, saying that the embassy was, based on the
documents found in it, planning to overthrow the Islamic Republic and serving
as an espionage base for the U.S. government. Iran commemorates the takeover
every year by holding nationwide rallies.
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