Iranians Mark Anniversary of U.S. Embassy Seizure in Tehran

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Iranians Mark Anniversary of U.S. Embassy Seizure in Tehran

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Iranian demonstrators hold anti-U.S. and anti-Israel slogans outside of the former U.S. embassy in Tehran during a rally to mark the 33rd anniversary of the seizure of the U.S. embassy on Nov. 4, 1979, which saw Islamist students hold 52 diplomats hostage for 444 days.

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An Iranian woman holds an anti-U.S. and anti-Israeli slogan, bearing a crossed portrait of Uncle Sam, outside the former U.S. embassy in Tehran.

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Iranian women walk in front of a portrait of supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei outside the former U.S. embassy.

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Iranian women walk past a mural of a revolver bearing the colors of the U.S. flag.

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Iranians burn an Israeli flag outside the former U.S. embassy in Tehran.

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Iranian demonstrators burn a U.S. flag outside the former U.S. embassy in Tehran.

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A caricature of President Barack Obama sits next to a poster of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during the rally.

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Iranian demonstrators burn a representation of a U.S. flag and a caricature of President Barack Obama in front of the former U.S. Embassy in Tehran.

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Iranian women show their hands with writing in Persian in support Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, denouncing the United States during an annual state-backed rally in front of the former U.S. Embassy in Tehran.

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Iranian demonstrators stand outside of the embassy in Tehran during a rally.

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