Ankara,
\nHundreds of thousands of Iranians rallied on Sunday to mark the anniversary of Iran\u2019s 1979 Islamic Revolution, denouncing the United States and Israel as<\/p>\n
oppressors.<\/p>\n
President Hassan Rouhani, addressing flag-waving crowds on central Tehran\u2019s Azadi (Freedom) Square, made no specific reference to Israel\u2019s air strikes in<\/p>\n
Syria on Saturday which it said were aimed at air defence and Iranian targets. Iran backs Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in the civil war, supports Shia militias<\/p>\n
in Iraq, Houthi rebels in Yemen and Lebanon\u2019s Hezbollah.<\/p>\n
US President Donald Trump, who sees Iran as a rising threat to regional stability, has pledged to work with Israel and Iran\u2019s key regional rival Saudi Arabia to<\/p>\n
curb what they say are Tehran\u2019s attempts to extend its influence in the region. Israel has warned about the increased Iranian involvement along its borders with<\/p>\n
Syria and Lebanon.<\/p>\n
In a show of defiance of Western pressure to curb its ballistic missile programme, Iran put its Ghadr ballistic missile with a range of 2,000 km on display in<\/p>\n
Tehran\u2019s central Vali-ye Asr street.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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