Iran marks U.S. embassy seizure, brushes off threats

Reuters ^ | 11/4/07 | Reuters

[Flavius]

Thousands of Iranians chanted "Death to America" and vowed not to yield to U.S. pressure over Iran's nuclear program at a demonstration on Sunday marking the 28th anniversary of the seizure of the American embassy.

[Flavius]

"We came here to show America that it cannot do a damn thing and the Iranian nation will destroy them if they invade our country," said Mostafa Jafarizadeh, 16.

these must be all these youths that dont like the regime, that i keep hearing about

[RDTF]

they are breeding many angry young men in Iran

[nuconvert]

“It’s worth coming just to be out of school for a couple of hours,” said Alireza, 15, who only gave his first name.
Bahman, 14, playing on the sidelines of the crowd with some schoolmates, said he had been brought by this teachers.”

And the teachers are forced to go by the gov’t.

[nuconvert]

“they are breeding many angry young men in Iran”

Yes, and they’re angry at the gov’t because the country’s unemployment rate is about 25% and the prices of food and goods keeps going up and their money is worthless, and the numbers of drug addicts and homeless are skyrocketing, while their gov’t keeps sending money to Lebanon and the Palestinians.

[RaceBannon]

http://www.rescueattempt.com

[SolidWood]

these must be all these youths that dont like the regime, that i keep hearing about

I don't know whether your comment was supposed to be "funny", but you might have a look at this photo gallery before denigrating the Iranian dissident youth. They are brave. Trust me: http://www.flickr.com/photos/12213224@N05/with/1249992234/

[sionnsar]

"We came here to show America that it cannot do a damn thing and the Iranian nation will destroy them if they invade our country," said Mostafa Jafarizadeh, 16.

Look again at the source. It's "there's no news in the truth, and no truth in the news" Reuters.

[G8 Diplomat]

November 4 sticks out in the minds of Americans and Iranians, but for different reasons. It’s a dark day in our history, and a glorious day in theirs. Let’s bomb Iran today.

[G8 Diplomat]

The majority of Iranian youth don't support the regime, but there are always exceptions. Iranian students protested againt Ahmadinejad when he spoke at Tehran U, and there have been dozens of other incidents where they stand up and speak out. Thousands of Iranian students held a candlelight vigil for the victims of 9/11 and shouted "Death to terrorists", as opposed to "Death to America." They were the only people in the Middle East to bother to do so. Some people in America don't even do that! Not every Iranian kid hates the regime, but a good majority of them do.