Crowds gather after the midterm vote
Thousands of people joined a Tehran rally outside the former US embassy hours after American voters stripped President Donald Trump’s Republicans of control of Congress, a result shaped in part by anger over the war with Iran. The gathering was the annual protest that marks the 1979 seizure of the embassy and the hostage crisis that followed.
Chants of “Death to America” and “Death to Israel” rang through central Tehran as marchers waved Iranian flags and held banners condemning Washington and Israel. The Tehran rally came a day after a sharp midterm rebuke for Trump, widely treated as a referendum on his turbulent second term.
Banners, slogans and a participant’s view
One banner showed Trump as a blood-stained bulldog on a leash held by a devil-like figure resembling Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Other placards demanded revenge for martyred supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in US-Israeli strikes that ignited the regional war in late February.
Mahmoudkhani, 40, who attended the demonstration, said America had been “tormenting” Iran for years but “has not been able to do anything to Iran.” Frustration over living costs, a volatile run of tariffs and the conflict with Iran were cited as major factors in the midterm outcome that preceded the Tehran rally.
Timeline: what has happened so far
- 1979: Iranian forces seize the US embassy in Tehran; a hostage crisis follows, later marked each year by anti-American rallies.
- Late February: US-Israeli strikes kill Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and spark a wider regional war involving Iran.
- US midterm elections: Voters strip Republicans of control of Congress, with the Iran conflict among the issues driving discontent.
- Hours after the midterm result: Thousands gather outside the former US embassy in Tehran for the annual rally, mocking Trump’s setback and denouncing the United States and Israel.
Aasan alfaaz mein
America ki midterm vote ke baad Republicans Congress haar gaye, aur us ke kuch hi ghanton baad Tehran mein badi rally hui. Log pehle US embassy ke bahar America aur Israel ke khilaf narey lagate rahe. Kai banners Trump aur Netanyahu ko nishana banate the, aur Khamenei ki maut ka badla mangte the. Pakistan ke qari ke liye yeh is liye ahem hai ke Iran-US jang pehle se oil, dollar aur security ke khauf se judi hui hai.
