Demonstrations were held throughout the Iran today, marking the anniversary of the 1979 takeover of the American embassy, ​​with slogans such as “Death to America” ​​and “Death to Israel” in support of Palestinians suffering Israeli bombardment in Gaza.

A group of Iranian students stormed the US embassy shortly after the fall of the US-backed Shah 44 years ago, holding 52 Americans hostage for 444 days.

In Tehran, protesters today marched from Palestine Square in the heart of the Iranian capital to the former US embassy a few kilometers away.

State television broadcast images showing protesters burning the Israeli flag and holding pictures of dead Palestinian children killed in Israeli strikes in Gaza.

The Israeli military has struck Gaza from the air, imposed a siege and launched a ground offensive after the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, which controls Gaza, killed 1,400 people and took more than 240 hostages in an October 7 attack in southern Israel.

According to Gaza health officials, more than 9,250 Palestinians have been killed as medical services collapse.