TEHRAN, February 11 - Hundreds of thousands of Iranians rallied on Sunday to mark the anniversary of Iran's 1979 Islamic revolution, denouncing the United States and Israel as oppressors.
TEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC) - Iranian President Hassan Rohani, addressing flag-waving crowds on central Tehran's Azadi (Freedom) Square told the crowd: "They (U.S. and Israel) wanted to create tension in the region ... they wanted to divide Iraq, Syria ... They wanted to create long-term chaos in Lebanon but ... but with our help their policies failed."
During the rallies, Iran put its Ghadr ballistic missile with a range of 2,000 kilometers (1,240 miles) on display in Tehran's central Vali-ye Asr street.
Iran said its missile program is solely defensive in nature and is not negotiable as demanded by the United States and the Europeans.
Iranian State television said "tens of millions of people" rallied to support the revolution across the country of 81 million.
Source: Haaretz