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Footage posted on social media on June 25, 2021 shows protesters in Tehran shouting slogans such as, “No to Gaza, no to Lebanon! I will give my life to Iran!” Credit: MEMRI.

(June 26, 2018 / MEMRI)

Footage posted on social media on June 25 showed protesters in various locations in Tehran marching and shouting slogans like “No to Gaza, no to Lebanon! I will give my life to Iran!” and “Death to the dictator.”

In one demonstration, the protesters shouted: “Our enemy is here! It is a lie that America is our enemy!”

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