It was on this date in 1979 that Iranian militants took Americans hostage at the embassy for 444 days. Today Iran uses it as a lesson in hatred for the next generation of would-be martyrs and thugs.
Thousands of young Iranians proclaimed “Death to America” on Sunday as they celebrated the 28th anniversary of the storming of the US embassy in Tehran by student radicals.
A massive crowd, composed mainly of schoolchildren bussed in to central Tehran, gathered outside the site of the former US embassy, known locally as the “Den of Spies.”
“Death to America! Death to Israel!” the young people shouted, wearing bibs that depicted the burning of the US and Israeli flags.
Interior Minister Mostafa Pour Mohammadi, in a keynote address, hailed the embassy seizure as “a great and glorious event” from which Iranians were still drawing inspiration.
