{"id":3833,"date":"2026-11-04T20:03:46","date_gmt":"2026-11-04T15:03:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=3833"},"modified":"2026-11-04T20:03:46","modified_gmt":"2026-11-04T15:03:46","slug":"thousands-mock-trumps-midterm-setback-at-tehran-rally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=3833","title":{"rendered":"Thousands mock Trump’s midterm setback at Tehran rally"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Hours after US voters stripped President Donald Trump\u2019s Republicans of control of Congress, partly over the Iran war, thousands gathered Wednesday outside the former US embassy in Tehran for an annual anti-American rally.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chants of \u201cDeath to America\u201d and \u201cDeath to Israel\u201d echoed through central Tehran as demonstrators waved Iranian flags and carried banners denouncing Washington and Israel.<\/p>\n

One banner depicted Trump as a blood-stained bulldog on a leash held by a devil-like figure resembling Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.<\/p>\n

Others called for revenge for the slain supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, killed by the US-Israeli strikes that sparked the regional war in late February.<\/p>\n

Towering over the crowd was a giant display declaring: \u201cThe people of Iran set the price.\u201d<\/p>\n

Beside it, black oil barrels stretched across a map of the world, a symbol of soaring energy prices since the war erupted and Iran asserted control over the Strait of Hormuz, a vital shipping route.<\/p>\n

\u201cAmerica has been tormenting us for years, but it has not been able to do anything to Iran,\u201d said Mahmoudkhani, 40, who attended the rally marking the 1979 seizure of the embassy and the hostage crisis that followed.<\/p>\n

The rally came a day after Trump\u2019s blistering US midterm bashing, widely viewed as a referendum on his turbulent second term, with frustration over living costs, a rollercoaster of tariffs and the conflict with Iran playing a major role.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are not happy about the surge in oil prices,\u201d said Mahmoudkhani, who gave only her last name.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut there is some satisfaction in knowing we are no longer living this torment alone. We, alone, have been suffering under sanctions for so many years.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tehran claiming control over Hormuz has disrupted shipping through one of the world\u2019s most important energy chokepoints, while Washington has responded with a naval blockade of Iranian ports.<\/p>\n

Majid Heidari, a 62-year-old fabric producer, argued the resulting rise in oil prices had \u201cimpacted the American vote\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen Europe and the US unite against us, we must use our tool (closing Hormuz),\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is nothing we can do but put some pressure on governments by making their own people feel the consequences.\u201d<\/p>\n

Still, he doubted the US election result would really change much for ordinary Iranians.<\/p>\n

Mohammad, a 42-year-old civil servant, shared this view.<\/p>\n

\u201cI believe whether it is the Democrats or the Republicans, there is no difference for us,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe US government\u2019s approach towards the Iranian people has unfortunately remained the same over the past 50 years.\u201d<\/p>\n

<\/a>\u2018No to war\u2019<\/h3>\n

In Tehran\u2019s first official reaction to the vote, its chief negotiator in talks with Washington, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, hailed the outcome.<\/p>\n

\u201cConscience or the cost of living, Americans said NO TO WAR, and we endorse this message,\u201d he wrote on X.<\/p>\n

Efforts led by Qatar and Pakistan to broker a deal between Tehran and Washington have made little progress amid mounting concern about a return to fighting.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

The students who seized the embassy demanded the return of the shah, who was receiving cancer treatment in the US.<\/p>\n

They held 52 Americans hostage for 444 days, and diplomatic ties between the two countries were severed in 1980.<\/p>\n

Iranian authorities have since turned the anniversary into an annual display of defiance against what they call Western \u201carrogance\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cCrown of arrogance on an empty brain,\u201d read one banner on Wednesday, showing a crown dripping with blood.<\/p>\n

\u201cAmerica is the enemy regardless,\u201d said Bagheri, a 35-year-old school principal who gave only her surname.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt makes no difference who is in charge in the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hours after US voters stripped President Donald Trump\u2019s Republicans of control of Congress, partly over the Iran war, thousands gathered Wednesday outside the former US embassy in Tehran for an annual anti-American rally. Chants of \u201cDeath to America\u201d and \u201cDeath to Israel\u201d echoed through central Tehran as demonstrators waved Iranian flags and carried banners denouncing Washington and Israel. One banner depicted Trump as a blood-stained bulldog on a leash held by a devil-like figure resembling Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Others called for revenge for the slain supreme leader Ayatollah…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3833","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"gutentor_comment":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3833","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3833"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3833\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}