Tehran - Saba:
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian participated on Sunday evening in a massive public rally at Enghelab Square in central Tehran, where students and citizens gathered to denounce the U.S.-Zionist aggression against the country.
The rally began at 5:00 PM, with attendees from all walks of life—including families, women, children, and university students—raising Iranian flags and carrying images of nuclear, military, and civilian martyrs who fell in recent attacks, according to Iran’s Tasnim News Agency.
Protesters held banners with slogans such as:
- "Iran will not become Gaza"
- "America must leave the region"
- "Thank you, valiant Revolutionary Guards"
They also chanted anti-U.S. and anti-Israel slogans, including:
- "Death to America, Death to Israel"
- "No negotiation, no surrender, only confrontation with America"
- "We are not like the people of Kufa to leave Ali alone"
- "We came to the square to humiliate the enemy"
- "We are the soldiers of the Imam, ready for jihad"
Participants expressed support for Iran’s response to recent attacks on nuclear facilities, calling for a "strong and decisive retaliation" against the "blatant American-Israeli aggression on the country’s sovereignty."
Demonstrators also demanded Iran’s withdrawal from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), urging the government to take serious steps, including closing the Strait of Hormuz and targeting U.S. military bases near Iran in retaliation for the attack.
Several student movement leaders delivered speeches during the rally, analyzing the regional situation and possible response scenarios by the Islamic Republic.
The protest follows a U.S.-coordinated military strike with the Zionist entity earlier today, targeting sensitive Iranian nuclear facilities. While the U.S. president claimed the attack "destroyed Iran’s nuclear infrastructure," Iranian authorities confirmed that damages were "limited and under control."
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