Ayatollah Explains ‘Death To America’

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Ayatollah: 'Death To America' Slogan Is Not About Americans - The slogan "Death  to  America"  is actually  not aimed  on the  American people, but rather American policies, Iran's supreme leader said  throughout  comments reported  in  his  established   web site  Tuesday.

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei discussed  the  slogan  although  meeting  throughout  Iranian students  ahead   of the  anniversary  of your  takeover  of the  U.S. Embassy  throughout  Tehran  at  Nov. 4, 1979. Militant students stormed  the  compound  AND  took 52 Americans hostage  intended for  444 days.

The  2   places  have had  no  diplomatic relations  since the  then. However, current President Hassan Rouhani  features   made  efforts  to help  improve relations,  just like   a good  landmark nuclear agreement reached  within  world powers  the actual  past summer.

Khamenei says  ones  "aim  of your  slogan  is  not death  for you to  American people.  your own  slogan means death  for you to  U.S. policies  IN ADDITION TO  arrogance."  the  slogan  has  "strong support"  inside  Iran, he said.

Sources tell HuffPost  which the  Iranians have  long   delivered   the actual  message  inside  private, but  this is the   very first   night out   It\'s  been  delivered   at   most of these   an  high level  throughout  public.

Khamenei  AND ALSO  hard-liners  for the  Iranian government remain deeply suspicious  of a   STATES   ALONG WITH   view   it\'s  policies  a great  threat  for the  country.

He reiterated his warning  how the  U.S.  is  not  to help   be  trusted despite  the  nuclear  financial transaction  reached  from the  U.S., Britain, France, Russia, China  AND  Germany.  the  agreement promises Tehran relief  from  crippling economic sanctions  with   deal   regarding  curbs  on   it\'s  nuclear program.

Khamenei  furthermore  expressed his apparent belief  the  U.S. "will not hesitate"  no matter whether   supplied   an  chance  for you to  destroy Iran.

"The nature  of an  U.S. attitude  is actually  continuation  of your  same hostile aims  with the  past,  as well as the  nation  will  not forget this," Khamenei said.

However, anti-American sentiment  is  rife  with  Iran.  Equally  every year,  ahead   of a  anniversary,  the  Tehran municipality displays anti-American posters  AS WELL AS  billboards  down   your own  Iranian capital's main squares  AS WELL AS   button  streets.

One  these types of  billboard  really  —  in  Tehran's Vali-e asr Square — represents  a  mock-up  of your  historic  ALONG WITH  Pulitzer Prize-winning 1945 "Raising  ones  Flag  in  Iwo Jima" photo  by  Associated  Click  photographer Joe Rosenthal,  one   of your  iconic images  by  World War II. Except  at the  billboard,  your own  hands  of any  Marines  usually are  stained red  coming from  blood  ALONG WITH  instead  involving  rocks  AS WELL AS  stones,  your  U.S. troops  tend to be  standing  from   a good  pile  regarding  corpses.