Iran Holds National Rallies Against Israel and Islamic State on Quds Day
(WorldNews Iran)

Thousands of Iranians marched in nationwide Quds Day rallies on Friday while chanting `Death to Israel` and burning flags of Isreal, the U.S., and the Islamic State militant group after they claimed responsibility for attacks in Tehran this month, according to Reuters. Iranian state media said millions turned out for the rallies marking Al-Quds Day that was first declared by Iran`s 1979 Islamic Revolution founder Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini that`s held on the last Friday of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan. Opposing the state of Israel is a cornerstone of belief for Shi`ite-led Iran, which supports Palestinian and Lebanese Islamic militant groups opposed to peace with the Jewish state,...