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MapAlireza Zakani Says Iran’s “Hit And Run” Era Is Over At 13 Aban Ceremony
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Zakani: the hit-and-run era is over; revenge is Iran's right. Zakani: the dispute with America has a foundation; it's not about differences in taste.
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13 Aban vows
Alireza Zakani, the mayor of Tehran, used a speech at the 13 Aban and World Anti-Imperialist Day ceremony to say, "The era of 'hit and run' is over; revenge is the right of the Iranian people." Zakani greeted the "Great Imam, the Imam Mujahid" and the students and pupils who stood against the tyranny of the regime, and he honored the memory of a martyr student from Minab. Zakani told the crowd that on the National Day of Fighting Global Imperialism and the Student Day they had gathered to pledge to continue following the path of "Our Great Imam and Our Martyr Mujahid Imam" by total obedience to the Leader.
Zakani framed Iran's confrontation with the United States as a duty rather than a dispute, saying, "Our confrontation with America is not a disagreement of opinions." Zakani added that the United States was the biggest obstacle to the formation of a strong Iran and described it as "the tyrant of our time."
March and chants
ISNA said the nationwide Yom-e-Allah 13 Aban march with the slogan "Pact with the martyrs, struggle against arrogance" was taking place in more than 900 points across the country. ISNA reported that the 13 Aban march began at 9:00 AM from Palestine Square toward the former U.S. embassy. Zakani told the crowd, "We have not forgotten that our great Imam said, “Marry your voices against America.”"
The crowd chanted "Death to America," during the Tehran 13 Aban rally described by ISNA. Zakani emphasized that the struggle with America had a foundation and principle, and he said, "it is not a matter of difference in taste."
Leader's message and stakes
The message of the Supreme Leader published on National Day of Fight Against Global Arrogance declared, "Today is the national day of fighting global arrogance." The message said the day gathers "a collection of turning points in the alignment of the front of truth against the front of falsehood," and it described the front of the oppressed against the tyrant. The message asserted that the Iranian nation had made its duty toward the criminal United States clearer than any other year, and it called the roots and reasons of America's hostility a lamp for the path ahead.
The message traced America's oppression of the Iranian nation to more than seven decades and said it organized the twenty-eighth of Mordad coup to continue plundering national resources and especially oil. The Basij Organization of the Oppressed issued a statement inviting people to the Yawm Allah 13 Aban ceremony and quoted, "Those who believed fight in the way of God, and those who disbelieve fight in the way of the tyrant."