People across Iran took to the street on Friday to mark the anniversary of the seizure of the U.S. embassy in Tehran

People across Iran took to the street on Friday to mark the anniversary of the seizure of the U.S. embassy in Tehran in 1979.

In Tehran, students converged on Taleqani Street where the former U.S. embassy is located and shouted slogans: “Down with USA” and “Down with Israel.”

The students also expressed support for the popular uprisings in the Arab world and carried placards sympathizing with the Occupy Wall Street protestors.

Some placards, written in English, read: “Wall Street = War Street”.

The U.S. embassy in Tehran, which was called the Den of Spies, was captured in 1979 by the university students.

The secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, Saeed Jalili, who was addressing the demonstrators in Tehran, said that the United States is a “symbol of state terrorism”. 

Jalili also said a “dream” by the U.S. to find a foothold in Iran will not come true.