Death to America: Chants Iran

Thousand of Iranians protested against President Donald Trump’s policies and to mark anniversary of the 1979 US embassy siege.

The crowd chanted "Death to America" as their slogan in Tehran on Saturday.

A dummy ballistic missile was put on display and effigies of Trump were beaten with sticks by the protesters. The protest took place in front of the former embassy compound.

“This year, Trump’s anti-Iranian policies have mobilised more Iranians,” Ali Shamkhani, the secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council.

A statement read out at Saturday’s protest said Iranians “see the criminal America as their main enemy and condemn the denigrating remarks of the hated US president against the great Iranian people and the Revolutionary Guards.”

Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei urged Iranians on Thursday to never forget that “America is the enemy”.

“To give in to the Americans makes them more aggressive and insolent. The only solution is to resist,” he said.