Death to America? We don’t mean it, says Iran

Furthermore, it serves as proof that the IRGC, which controls all of these unconventional assets, has no intention of giving up its regional influence or allowing Iran to align itself with the U.S.-led regional order.

Thirty six years ago on this day, a group of Iranian university students took over the USA embassy, which they believed had turned into a center of espionage aimed at overthrowing the Islamic Republic in Iran following the country’s Islamic Revolution earlier in 1979.

“Because of these fears of a flood of ideas and consumer goods and other types of things that would entangle Iran into the West, I expect there’s frankly a lot of fear about what’s going to happen after the deal”, McInnis says”.

The July agreement involves the lifting of sanctions in return for Iran curbing sensitive nuclear activities. The past week saw revelations that Iranian-American businessman Siamak Namazi was taken into custody in mid-October, and Nizar Zakka, a Lebanese citizen who holds permanent residence status in the usa, disappeared in Iran in September.

Separately, former Federal Bureau of Investigation agent Robert Levinson disappeared in Iran in 2007 while working for the CIA on an unapproved intelligence mission.

“The fundamental point in understanding and analyzing the present circumstances and mapping out the future drive of the country lies in understanding the fact that the struggle of the Islamic Republic and the Iranian people against arrogance, despite remarks by certain individuals, is not irrational and emotional, but a confrontation born out of wisdom and experience and supported by science”, Ayatollah Khamenei said. Khamenei reportedly discussed the slogan while meeting with students for the anniversary of the Iranian hostage crisis. In fact, new legislation that has been touted as granting additional rights to those accused in Iran, such as the right to representation by counsel, specifically does not apply to national security related crimes.

Anti-Americanism plays into that.

Others carried banners rejecting US fast food chains McDonald’s and Starbucks. Authorities recently closed a newly opened knock-off of KFC, saying it was unlicensed. He did not elaborate.

In recent weeks, Iran detained two more American citizens on unclear charges.

He even reiterated that though the deal has been signed, the U.S.is not to be trusted, reported Huffington Post. This American executive, who ironically worked to promote closer U.S.-Iran relations, deserves to be home with his family. “But… the policies of the United States have been against the national interests of Iranian people (so) it’s understandable that people will demonstrate sensitivity to this issue”, Rouhani said, as quoted by Yahoo News.

Nisrene Yousif, a Beirut-based political analyst and researcher, attributed the sharpening tensions to “internal political competition” before parliamentary elections in February.

Despite the deal, the distrust will probably remain for a few time.

State television released a video on October 14 showing the head of the IRGC’s aerospace division inspecting an underground tunnel complex, purportedly 500 meters (1,600 feet) underground, filled with a variety of missiles on mobile launchers that the presenter said were ready to fire.

Iranians are marking anniversary of U.S. embassy takeover back in 1979 by burning United States flags and President Barrack Obama effigies in streets of Tehran. “In the same way, the Americans sit in the Congress and in the Senate thinking, ‘This is an attack against us, ‘ while it’s not”.