Iranians will never forget US dark history of ‘destabilizing’ interventions: FM spox
The spokesman for Iran’s Foreign Ministry has marked the National Day of the Fight against Global Arrogance, also known as the National Student Day, saying the Iranian nation will never forget the US's dark history of “destabilizing” interventions in the country.
“Our nation cannot afford to forget the US's long and dark history of unlawful and destabilizing interventions,” Esmaeil Baghaei said in a post on his X account on Sunday.
On November 4, 1979, Iranian university students took over the US embassy building less than a year after the Islamic Revolution toppled the US-backed Pahlavi dictatorship.
They later published documents proving that the compound was indeed engaged in plans and measures to overthrow the Islamic Republic.
The occasion then turned into a symbol of resistance and fierce fight against arrogant powers, marking the Iranian students’ vigilance in dealing with Washington’s threats.
The 13th Aban anniversary “National Day of Countering Global Arrogance” is a reminder of Iranians' collective epic struggle to live in dignity and freedom, free from any foreign interference and alien domination.
— Esmaeil Baghaei (@IRIMFA_SPOX) November 3, 2024
Our nation cannot afford to forget the U.S.'s long and dark…
Baghaei said that Iranians will always remember “the 1953 USA- and British-instigated coup d'état that overthrew Iran's first democratically elected government and reinstated the monarchical dictatorship, and the US's all-out support for Saddam regime during 8 year-long imposed war.”
In August 1953, the US intelligence agency CIA and its British counterpart, MI6, initiated a coup with the help of the Iranian military, setting off a series of events, including riots in the streets of the capital, Tehran, which led to the overthrow and arrest of Mosaddeq.
The historic overthrow is still a reason for the Iranians' mistrust of the United States and Britain.
Baghaei commemorated the National Day as a reminder of the collective epic struggle by the Iranian nation to live in dignity and freedom without any foreign interference and domination.
“The US's unlawful interference and cruel pressures against Iran continue up to now, including in the form of inhuman sanctions and unlimited support for Israeli rogue behavior,” Baghaei said.
He, however, emphasized that Iranians have learned that steadfastness and perseverance by counting on national potentials and capabilities are necessary to live in dignity and preserve national sovereignty and territorial integrity.
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