The film вЂњ300,вЂќ portrays the battle of Thermopylae in 480 B.C., in which a force of 300 Spartans held off a massive Persian army at a mountain pass in Greece for three days. Quoting IranвЂ™s Tasnim news agency, the Times of Israel reported that Vice Parliamentary Speaker Mohammad Hossein Aboutorabifard called the 1979 embassy takeover a symbol of вЂњresistance of righteousness against falsehood.вЂќ After his speech, members of parliament joined together in a вЂњDeath to AmericaвЂќ chant.ДЄccording to IranвЂ™s semi-official Fars News Agency, IranвЂ™s defense ministry issued a statement Sunday that in part emphasized that the Iranian people will always chant the вЂњdeath to U.S.вЂќ phrase as вЂњa symbol of their resistance against the world arrogance.вЂќД¬an you imagine our Congressional leaders calling for вЂњDeath to IranвЂќ chants or вЂњDeath to IslamвЂќ, let alone as a national slogan for the people? Apparently this weekendвЂ™s event in Iran was accompanied by the debut of two new вЂњDeath to AmericaвЂќ songs.ДЄ few years ago, Iranians demanded an apology from Hollywood: Similar gatherings were reported in other cities across the Islamic republic, according to footage broadcast on state television, in what appeared to be some of the largest November 4 rallies in years.Д«esides the anti-American chants being voiced in the streets, Iranian parliament members joined in a chorus of вЂњdeath to AmericaвЂќ during a parliamentary session on Sunday. They still see the United States as the вЂњGreat SatanвЂќ and it appears as not much happening, diplomatically-speaking, that can change their minds.вЂќ вЂњBut for the people here, and this small minority in Iran, their minds will not be changed. вЂњA poll recently in Iran showed that most Iranians do favour renewed relations with the United States and a normalisation of ties, she said.

The protests were reported to be the biggest in years, with tens of thousands in attendance, and despite attempts by the US and Iran to thaw diplomatic relations after years of hostility.ДЄl JazeeraвЂ™s Soraya Lennie, reporting from Tehran, said that the the opinion that the US was the вЂњGreat SatanвЂќ was hard to shift in some. Effigies of the US president, Barack Obama, his secretary of state John Kerry and the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, could be seen held aloft by protesters. Protesters waved anti-US banners, chanting вЂњdeath to AmericaвЂќ and вЂњdeath to IsraelвЂќ, while burning US and Israeli flags. Tens of thousands of demonstrators packed the streets outside the former US embassy in Tehran in the biggest anti-US rally in years, a show of support for hard-line opponents of President Hassan RouhaniвЂ™s outreach to Washington.Д¬rowds of Iranians shouted вЂњdeath to AmericaвЂќ as they marked the 34th anniversary of the takeover of the cityвЂ™s US embassy, which led to 52 Americans being held hostage for months. embassy in their own вЂњmillion Islamist marchвЂќ (or, as they call it, вЂњNational Day to Fight Global ArroganceвЂќ):

To commemorate that takeover, and to demonstrate opposition to the new presidentвЂ™s call to вЂњtone downвЂќ the common, daily-expressed slogan, вЂњDeath to AmericaвЂќ chants, вЂњ tens of thousandsвЂќ of protesters gathered in Tehran outside the old U.S. embassy, holding 52 Americans hostage for 444 days. On this day in history 34 years ago, remember, remember the 4th of November when militant Islamic students stormed the U.S. вЂњPresident Carter inherited an impossible situation - and he and his advisers made the worst of it.вЂќвЂ“ Gaddis Smith Iranian women burn a representation of a US flag and a caricature of Barack Obama in front of the former American embassy in Tehran.

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