Quds Day: Iran officials warn Israel, vow to support Palestine

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

64% : Tehran, Iran - Tens of thousands of Iranians have taken part in the annual Quds Day rallies in the capital, Tehran, in a major show of support for Palestine.
55% :Iran has also used the annual rally over the years to showcase its military might.
54% : "We believe it is certain that Quds will be liberated," the president said, while marching on the streets of Tehran.
53% : Quds Day, which uses the Arabic name for Jerusalem, is a Palestinian solidarity day held every year in Iran on the last Friday of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan.
52% : This year, participants in Tehran marched along 10 pre-determined routes across the city.
52% : Hossein Salami, the commander-in-chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), who was the keynote speaker of the event in Tehran, told the gathered crowd that Iran's first Supreme Leader Ruhollah Khomeini established Quds Day shortly after the 1979 revolution to let the world know that Palestine was not alone.
50% : This year's event was no exception as several types of the IRGC's locally developed missiles, including the latest Khaibar Buster missile, were displayed in different areas of Tehran.
30% : Indirect talks between Iran and the United States to revive a 2015 nuclear deal which will lift sanctions on Tehran and limit its nuclear programme are currently stalled as both sides call on the other to take action and make concessions.
28% : He also warned Israel of a "painful and direct response" if it attacked Iran.
25% : Israel has repeatedly threatened Iran with military action over a nuclear programme that Tehran maintains is strictly peaceful.

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