Tehran sources stated that thousands of Iranians took to the streets across the country on Sunday to mark the 39th anniversary of the seizure of the US Embassy in Tehran now named "den of espionage", amid looming American sanctions slated to come into effect from Monday.
Accordingly the embassy was stormed by Iranian students on this day in 1979, and its personnel were held hostage for 444 days. As per report the US broke off diplomatic relations with Iran in 1980 and the ties between the two countries have since remained severed and the demonstrators carried placards and chanted slogans against the US and its regional allies including Israel.
Moreover the occasion this year coincides with the re-imposition of a comprehensive package of sanctions slapped against Tehran by Washington. The White House announced on Friday that the fresh sanctions on will be the "toughest" and "unprecedented", targeting "critical sectors" like energy, shipping, shipbuilding and finance. Reports added the US has kept accusing Iran of agitating regional instability and exporting violence, despite repeated denials from Iran. Hence American President Donald Trump, who pulled out of the hard won Iranian nuclear accord on May 8, said the deal was "one of the worst and most one-sided deals the US has ever entered into.
