Iran Stages 300,000-Person Tehran Rally as War With US Enters 7th Month
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Updated · Fox News · Sep 18
Iran Stages 300,000-Person Tehran Rally as War With US Enters 7th Month
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Sep 18
Summary
Iranian state media said 300,000 people joined a government-organized pro-regime march in Tehran on Friday, with President Masoud Pezeshkian, military commanders and other senior officials watching.
Hossein Taeb, the new Basij chief, said volunteers receiving limited military training would be ready for “full-fledged defense” and that similar rallies would soon spread to other cities.
Marchers in combat uniforms carried Iranian flags, while some trampled U.S. and Israeli flags and chanted “Death to America” and “Death to Israel,” underscoring the rally’s wartime messaging.
The volunteers are meant to add another security layer to the Revolutionary Guard and the Basij militia, which the government has also used to suppress anti-regime protests.
With hardliner Hossein Taeb returning, is Iran's massive civilian mobilization preparing for a foreign invasion or a brutal crackdown on its own people?
As U.S. blockades choke the economy, will arming over a million civilian volunteers secure the Iranian regime or accidentally equip its future rebels?
Are Tehran's public displays of anti-aircraft weapons a true show of strength, or a desperate facade to hide recently destroyed defense systems?