On November 4, Iran marked the 36th anniversary of the U.S. Embassy takeover in massive street rallies across the country. As in previous years, effigies of President Obama were burned along with American flags. The slogan “Death to America,” or “Down with the USA,” was chanted loudly and featured prominently on posters and billboards. This year, some of the signs carried by demonstrators displayed the logos of U.S. fast food chains, including KFC and McDonalds, and warned against American cultural and economic infiltration.
Iranians burn flags, Obama effigies to mark 36th anniversary of U.S. embassy seizure https://t.co/y8fb0EQcHZ #iran pic.twitter.com/w9DiZigXRh
— Cassandra Vinograd (@CassVinograd) November 4, 2015#Iran marks anniversary of 1979 US Embassy Takeover in Tehran pic.twitter.com/LOeNxmY884
— Golnaz Esfandiari (@GEsfandiari) November 4, 2015I went to the annual anti American rally in Tehran today. This man explained why "death to America"? pic.twitter.com/yHqV46TCSn
— Thomas Erdbrink (@ThomasErdbrink) November 4, 2015#Photos: #Iran-ians hold #Aban13 rallies to mark 1979 #US embassy takeover https://t.co/Rn6ZYAWxF8 #StudentDay pic.twitter.com/Rqm0MFTDlz
— Iran (@Iran) November 4, 2015"We are standing up to #America until our last breath" rallies across #Iran 2day 2 mark the US embassy takeover pic.twitter.com/4Pf906uLix
— potkin azarmehr (@potkazar) November 4, 2015Obama's coffin dragged on streets 2 mark 'Aban 13th Day' the day that US embassy in Tehran seized as 'den of spies' pic.twitter.com/NItkrLYqZo
— Sobhan Hassanvand (@Hassanvand) November 4, 20152day: Seizure of 'den of spies' rally in Tehran No @kfc! No @Starbucks! No [U.S.] economic, cultural infiltration! pic.twitter.com/7HpyWWxYlR
— Sobhan Hassanvand (@Hassanvand) November 4, 2015'Aban 13th Day' marked in all cities around Iran pic.twitter.com/1uVpJJ6bFC
— Sobhan Hassanvand (@Hassanvand) November 4, 2015Post-deal, nuclear rights slogans make way for inflatable replicas of Emad missile and anti-KFC/McDonald's placards pic.twitter.com/GCjTQtFX1O
— Golnar Motevalli (@golnarM) November 4, 2015راهپیمایی ۱۳ آبان در تهران pic.twitter.com/T3d79qwMyt
— روزنامه شرق (@SharghDaily) November 4, 2015
Click here for analysis on the recent rise in anti-Americanism in Iran.