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Iran marks 30th anniversary of US embassy takeover
Police had warned opposition groups not to hold any demonstrations Wednesday during the annual event marking the takeover of the US Embassy in 1979.
- AP
- Published: 13:00 November 4, 2009
- Image Credit: AP
- Waving flags, Iranian school girls attend an annual demonstration in front of the former US Embassy in Tehran, Iran in a ceremony commemorating the 30th anniversary of the seizure of the US Embassy by militant students on November 4, 1979.
Tehran: Thousands of people took to the streets of Tehran for government-backed events marking the anniversary of the takeover of the US Embassy. So far, there have been only scattered reports of counter-protests by opposition groups.
Police had warned opposition groups not to hold any demonstrations Wednesday during the annual event marking the takeover of the US Embassy in 1979.
In one incident, witnesses told The Associated Press that about 2,000 students confronted hundreds of security forces outside Tehran University, and there were no immediate reports of violence there. The witnesses spoke on condition of anonymity because of fears of arrests.
Outside the former US embassy, people waved anti-US banners.
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