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Iranians mark Al-Quds Day in solidarity with Palestinians

Xinhua, July 1, 2016 Adjust font size:

Hundreds of thousands of Iranians held rallies on Friday marking Al-Quds (Jerusalem) Day in solidarity with the Palestinians and condemning Israel's continued occupation of Palestinian lands.

In the capital Tehran, the ralliers chanted anti-Israel and anti-U.S. slogans and carried banners underscoring "resistance against the atrocities of Israel" and the return of dislocated Palestinians to their homeland.

Senior Iranian government officials, including President Hassan Rouhani and Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, as well as military commanders participated in the rallies in Tehran.

Al-Quds Day, an annual event that began in Iran in 1979, is observed on the last Friday of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in the Islamic republic as well as in several Muslim countries.

In the statement read at the end of the rally, the demonstrators announced the country's all-out support for the Palestinian struggle against the Israeli pressures in the occupied lands. Endit