Thousands of young Iranians held demonstrations on Sunday to mark the 28th anniversary of the seizure of the U.S. embassy in Tehran by Iranian students.
The demonstrators, including schoolchildren and university students, gathered outside the former U.S. embassy in central Tehran, shouting anti-U.S. and anti-Israel slogans.
The U.S. embassy was stormed by Iranian students on Nov. 4,1979 and its personnel were held hostage for 444 days. The United States broke off diplomatic relations with Iran over the embassy takeover and their ties have remained severed ever since.
The massive crowd also called for trial of U.S. President George W. Bush for his violation of international regulations, including the UN Charter and the Geneva Conventions.
Iranian Interior Minister Mostafa Pour-Mohammadi told the crowd that the seizure of the U.S. embassy in Tehran "is glorious victory for Iranians."
He said that the latest sanctions imposed on Tehran by Washington would not hurt the Islamic Republic.
"I assure you that, God willing, the enemy's deceitful plots will be futile and Iran's process of development will not be stopped," Pour-Mohammadi said.
The United States announced last month that it is imposing new sanctions against Iran, alleging that Tehran supports terrorism in the Middle East, exports missiles and is engaging in a nuclear buildup.
The sanctions will be imposed against Iran's defense ministry, its Revolutionary Guard Corps and more than 20 Iranian companies, banks and individuals.
Under U.S. laws, any assets found in the United States belonging to the designated groups must be frozen. Americans are also forbidden from doing business with them.
The sanctions are believed to be the toughest Washington has levied against Iran since the 1979 takeover of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran.
Source: Xinhua
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