Iran Marks 43rd Anniversary of US Embassy Takeover Amid Protests

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : The Associated Press reports that while the rallies in and around the capital, Tehran, were large, the observations in other parts of the country were considerably smaller, with perhaps a few dozen people.
52% : U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said last month at meeting with Iranian activists at the State Department in Washington, "I know that the Iranian regime will try to paint this and other expressions of solidarity with those standing up for their freedoms as evidence that these protests are somehow made outside of Iran and the work of others.
49% : "What he was signaling was our solidarity with the protesters in Iran.
47% : Speaking at a gathering in Tehran, Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi on Friday ridiculed a vow by U.S. President Joe Biden, who said during a campaign speech the U.S. was going to "free" Iran.
47% : In his rejoinder, Raisi said that "the U.S. says it wants to free Iran, but I must tell you that Iran liberated itself 43 years ago and will no longer submit to you."When asked whether the president was signaling his support for a regime change in Tehran, a Biden aide appear to walk back the statement.
46% : Iran's government held rallies in cities across the country marking the 43rd anniversary of the takeover of the U.S. embassy in Iran and the Islamic revolution, which brought the current clerical government to power, while anti-government protests continue around the nation.
46% : "But ultimately, the future of Iran should belong to the Iranian people."
43% : Speaking Friday during a campaign stop in California, ahead of Tuesday's midterm elections, Biden said, "Don't worry, we're going to liberate Iran," promptly adding, "They [the Iranian people] will soon free themselves."
37% : And if that's the case, if they genuinely believe that, they fundamentally do not understand their own people, because this is about Iran's struggle, the struggle of the people of Iran for the fundamental freedoms that have long been denied them."
37% : Protests in Iran began in September after the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in custody of the country's morality police.
32% : Amini, from Iran's Kurdistan province, was detained in Tehran for allegedly wearing her hijab, or head scarf, "improperly."

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