Outraged Iranian MPs took to the Parliament podium to chant “death to America.” The session came amid a period of national mourning over the killing of General Qassem Soleimani by the US.

Following a speech delivered by Speaker Ali Larijani, the MPs rose from their seats and gathered in the center of the hall to chant the anti-American slogan which is popular in Iran. “Mr. Trump, this is the voice of the Iranian nation,” Larijani said.

طنین شعار #مرگ_بر_امریکا در صحن مجلس شورای اسلامی در محکومیت اقدام تروریستی امریکا و شهادت سردار سپهبد حاج #قاسم_سلیمانی/ صبح امروز pic.twitter.com/mg10iQACcK — خبرگزاری صداوسیما (@iribnewsFa) January 5, 2020

جلسه علنی مجلس شورای اسلامیدر جلسه علنی یکشنبه ۱۵ دی ماه نمایندگان مجلس دقایقی در صحن پارلمان شعار مرگ بر آمریکا سر دادند.https://t.co/MFnpBW7Suy#iranpic.twitter.com/vUl9T6Mo3U — ISNAMEDIA (@ISNAMEDIA) January 5, 2020

The Iranian legislators are among hundreds of thousands outraged by the targeted assassination of Soleimani, who was one of the most popular figures in Iran. His body was delivered on Sunday from Iraq, where he was killed by a US airstrike on Friday morning.

‘Death to America’ is a slogan popularized during the 1979 revolution, which ousted the US-backed Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. Critics of Tehran see it as a literal call to kill Americans, while Iranian officials say the chant expresses opposition to Washington’s aggressive and disruptive foreign policy. The phrase can also be translated as ‘down with America’.

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