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reds of thousands of Iranians protested against Israel here on
the last Friday of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, marking the
Jerusalem Day initiated by the late Ayatollah Khomeini to support
the Palestinians.
The demonstrators, including families, ferried in to central Tehran
by thousands of buses and private cars, chanted slogans against
Israel, the US and its ally Britain.
Effigies of US President George W Bush and Israeli Prime Minister
Ariel Sharon were set ablaze on major avenues around Tehran
University.
"Death to Israel, Death to Britain, Death to America," chanted the
protesters, some of them wearing the black-and-white keffiyeh
chequered headscarf of the Palestinians.
"We want to make Israel understand that the Palestinians are not
alone," said one student, giving her name as Zohreh.
Several top Iranian officials, including President Mohammad
Khatami, parliament speaker Mehdi Karubi and judiciary chief
Ayatollah Mahmud Hashemi Shahrudi, took part in the
demonstration.
The protests were inaugurated by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the
late founder of the Islamic republic.
Jerusalem Day is supported by both the conservative and reformist
movements in Iran. – Sapa.
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