Photos: Iran marks US embassy takeover with rallies against US, Israel

Tehran rallies see slogans, flag burnings, and claims of US-Israeli defeats amid historic embassy takeover anniversary.

People attend the 47th anniversary of the US expulsion from Iran, in Tehran [Majid Asgaripour/West Asia News Agency/Reuters]

Iran marked the anniversary of the 1979 takeover of the United States embassy in Tehran on Wednesday with mass rallies in the capital, as officials used the occasion to hail what they called US and Israeli “defeats” in recent elections and on the battlefield.

On November 4, 1979, Iranian students stormed the US embassy, taking 52 American diplomats and citizens hostage for 444 days, a crisis that cemented the rupture between Tehran and Washington, which have had no formal diplomatic relations since.

This year’s anniversary comes against the backdrop of a war launched by the US and Israel against Iran on February 28, in which Iran’s longtime supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was killed, roiling global energy markets and disrupting shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.

Thousands of demonstrators marched through central Tehran, burning US and Israeli flags and chanting “Death to America” and “Death to Israel”. Effigies and caricatures of US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu were paraded through the streets, including one showing Trump as a ferocious dog held on a leash by Netanyahu.

Tehran Mayor Alireza Zakani told the crowd that the US and Israel had suffered a “decisive defeat”, including in Tuesday’s US congressional midterm elections, which was considered a rebuke of Trump’s Republican Party, claiming US weaknesses were the result of Iranian “steadfastness and strength”.

Iran’s judiciary chief, Gholam Hossein Mohseni Ejehi, echoed the message in a post on X, saying: “Trump failed both in war and in politics. We will certainly impose even more defeats upon him.”

US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu featured on a dartboard during the 47th anniversary of the takeover of the US embassy in Iran, in Tehran on Wednesday. [Majid Asgaripour/WANA/Reuters]

Chants of "Death to America" and "Death to Israel" echoed through central Tehran as demonstrators waved Iranian flags and held banners denouncing the US and Israel. [Atta Kenare/AFP]

People burn the US and Israeli flags during the 47th anniversary of the US embassy takeover in Tehran, Iran. [Majid Asgaripour/WANA/Reuters]

The rally comes a day after the blistering US midterm losses by Trump's Republican Party, widely seen as a referendum on the president's turbulent second term, with high petrol prices triggered by the Iran war fuelling frustration. [Vahid Salemi/AP Photo]

Workers install a billboard depicting, left to right, US Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff, US President Donald Trump, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US Vice President JD Vance with apparent injuries and torn clothing in central Tehran. [Vahid Salemi/AP Photo]

Tehran's chief negotiator with Washington, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, hailed the US midterm result, saying on X that "Americans said NO TO WAR, and we endorse this message," the capital's first official reaction to the vote. [Majid Asgaripour/WANA/Reuters]

Iranians hold placards depicting Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei during a rally in front of the former US embassy to mark the anniversary of the 1979 takeover of the US embassy, in Tehran. [Atta Kenare/AFP]

The annual rally marks the storming of the US embassy in Tehran in November 1979, months after the Islamic Revolution that toppled the US-backed shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. [Vahid Salemi/AP Photo]

Bagheri, a 35-year-old school principal, says the US remains "the enemy", regardless of who is in charge in the United States. [Vahid Salemi/AP Photo]

An Iranian flag and a poster depicting Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei with a rifle as he walks beneath a matching banner during the annual rally marking the anniversary of the 1979 US embassy takeover, outside the former embassy in Tehran. [Vahid Salemi/AP Photo]

The region remains on edge over possible renewed US military operations against Iran. [Atta Kenare/AFP]

在历史性的大使馆占领周年纪念日之际，德黑兰的集会上出现了口号、焚烧国旗和声称美以战败的言论。

人们在德黑兰参加美国被驱逐出伊朗47周年纪念活动。[Majid Asgaripour/西亚通讯社/路透社]

周三，伊朗首都德黑兰举行大规模集会，纪念 1979 年占领美国驻伊朗大使馆周年。与此同时，伊朗官员借此机会称赞他们所谓的美国和以色列在最近的选举和战场上的“失败”。

1979 年 11 月 4 日，伊朗学生冲击美国大使馆，劫持了 52 名美国外交官和公民为人质长达 444 天，这场危机巩固了德黑兰和华盛顿之间的裂痕，此后两国再无正式外交关系。

今年的周年纪念日正值美国和以色列于 2 月 28 日对伊朗发动战争之际，伊朗长期最高领袖阿亚图拉·阿里·哈梅内伊在战争中丧生，这扰乱了全球能源市场，并破坏了霍尔木兹海峡的航运。

数千名示威者游行穿过德黑兰市中心，焚烧美国和以色列国旗，高喊“美国去死”和“以色列去死”。美国总统唐纳德·特朗普和以色列总理本雅明·内塔尼亚胡的画像和漫画在街头游行，其中一幅将特朗普描绘成一条被内塔尼亚胡用狗链拴着的凶猛恶犬。

德黑兰市长阿里雷扎·扎卡尼告诉人群，美国和以色列遭受了“决定性失败”，包括在周二的美国国会中期选举中，这被认为是对特朗普共和党的否定。他声称美国的弱点是伊朗“坚定和力量”的结果。

伊朗司法部长戈拉姆·侯赛因·穆赫塞尼·埃杰希在X网站上发帖呼应了这一信息，称：“特朗普在战争和政治上都失败了。我们一定会让他遭受更多失败。”

周三，在伊朗德黑兰举行的纪念美国驻伊朗大使馆被占领47周年活动上，美国总统唐纳德·特朗普和以色列总理本雅明·内塔尼亚胡的头像出现在飞镖靶上。[Majid Asgaripour/WANA/路透社]

在德黑兰市中心，示威者挥舞着伊朗国旗，举着谴责美国和以色列的横幅，高喊着“美国去死”和“以色列去死”。[阿塔·凯纳雷/法新社]

在伊朗德黑兰，人们焚烧美国和以色列国旗，纪念美国大使馆被占领47周年。[Majid Asgaripour/WANA/路透社]

此次集会发生在特朗普所在的共和党在美国中期选举中惨败的第二天，此次选举被广泛视为对特朗普动荡的第二任期的一次公投，而伊朗战争引发的高油价更是加剧了民众的不满。[Vahid Salemi/AP Photo]

在德黑兰市中心，工人们正在安装一块广告牌，广告牌上从左至右依次是：美国中东特使史蒂夫·威特科夫、美国总统唐纳德·特朗普、以色列总理本雅明·内塔尼亚胡和美国副总统JD·万斯，他们身上都有明显的伤痕，衣服也被撕破。[Vahid Salemi/AP Photo]

伊朗与华盛顿的首席谈判代表穆罕默德·巴格尔·加利巴夫对美国中期选举结果表示欢迎，他在X网站上称“美国人民对战争说了不，我们支持这一信息”，这是伊朗官方对此次选举的首次回应。[Majid Asgaripour/WANA/路透社]

在德黑兰，伊朗民众手持印有伊朗最高领袖阿亚图拉·穆杰塔巴·哈梅内伊头像的标语牌，在原美国大使馆前举行集会，纪念1979年伊朗占领美国大使馆周年。[Atta Kenare/AFP]

一年一度的集会是为了纪念1979年11月冲击美国驻德黑兰大使馆的事件，当时距离推翻美国支持的沙阿穆罕默德·礼萨·巴列维的伊斯兰革命仅数月。[Vahid Salemi/AP Photo]

35岁的中学校长巴格里表示，无论美国谁执政，美国仍然是“敌人”。[瓦希德·萨莱米/美联社照片]

在德黑兰前美国大使馆外，一面伊朗国旗和一幅描绘伊朗最高领袖穆杰塔巴·哈梅内伊手持步枪的海报映入眼帘。哈梅内伊走过一面与之相配的横幅，参加一年一度的纪念1979年美国占领大使馆事件的集会。[Vahid Salemi/AP Photo]

该地区仍对美国可能重启对伊朗的军事行动感到紧张。[阿塔·凯纳雷/法新社]