Thousands of Iranian people have staged a demonstration in the capital, Tehran, in a show of solidarity with protesters in Egypt and Tunisia.
Demonstrators torched pictures of Mubarak and US President Barack Obama, setting fire to the American and Israeli flags.

By PressTV
Fri Feb 4, 2011

Demonstrators took to the streets in Tehran following the Friday Prayers, chanting slogans against Israel, the US, and Egypt's embattled President Hosni Mubarak.

Demonstrators torched pictures of Mubarak and US President Barack Obama, setting fire to the American and Israeli flags.

They also denounced decades of foreign meddling in regional affairs.

Demonstrators said they wanted to show their opposition to Israeli and US backed dictatorships in the Arab and Muslim nations.

The Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, who led the Friday Prayers, said that the recent developments in North Africa are the result of the “Islamic awakening, which followed the great [Islamic] Revolution of the Iranian nation.”

The Leader noted that Tunisia's former President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali was dependent on the US and even the CIA, and described Mubarak as the “lackey of the Zionist regime [of Israel].”

Meahwhile, millions of people are protesting in Cairo and other major cities across Egypt against the country's out-of-favor president.

Protesters chant a variety of slogans against the Mubarak regime in Cairo's Liberation Square, as reports flow in about fierce clashes between plainclothes police and protesters.

Protesters plan to march toward the presidential palace after the Friday Prayers, a Press TV correspondent reported.

Several thousand troops have been deployed at key locations across the city.

The opposition has called Friday the 'Day of Departure,' saying the planned massive rally aims to force Mubarak into stepping down. Civil groups have also called for massive protests in Alexandria and Suez.

The developments come as the government continues its harsh crackdown on journalists and media to prevent news coverage of the rallies.

In a recent interview with ABC News, Mubarak said he is fed up with being president and would like to leave office but fears there will be chaos if he steps down.




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