TEHRAN, Iran: Thousands of people demonstrated Friday across Iran and several Arab countries to mark Jerusalem Day in support of the Palestinian cause, amid a surge in violence in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Recent weeks have seen deadly attacks and clashes in Israel, annexed east Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank, as well as cross-border fire between Israeli forces and militants in the Gaza Strip, Lebanon and Syria.The rallies in Iran, an annual fixture since the 1979 Islamic revolution, are held on the last Friday of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan.
Rallies were held in major Iranian cities including Tabriz, Hamedan, Yazd, Bandar Abbas and Abadan, images broadcast on state television showed.'The Palestinians are actively confronting Israeli aggression from Gaza to the heart of Tel Aviv,' Iran's parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said.'Yesterday they were fighting with stones, and now they hit with rockets,' he added.
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