Iran on Nov. 4 marked the 43rd anniversary of the seizure of the U.S. embassy in Tehran by pro-revolution Iranian students.
The incident, which occurred immediately after the country’s 1979 Islamic Revolution, kicked off decades of hostility between Iran and the United States.
Large pro-government rallies were held in several parts of the country to mark the anniversary. Images broadcast on Iranian state television showed tens of thousands of people taking part in the demonstrations.
The rallies were held amid ongoing unrest in Iran, which has included seemingly random acts of violence and intermittent protests against the government.
Bullet holes on the wall and blood on the ground after gunmen attacked the Shah Cheragh shrine in the southern city of Shiraz, Iran, on Oct. 26, 2022. (Mohammadreza Dehdari/Iranian Students’ News Agency, ISNA via AP)
On Nov. 3, a Shiite cleric in the southeastern city of Zahedan was shot dead by unknown assailants, according to reports in the Iranian press….