Hundreds of thousands of Iranians chanted 'Death to Israel' and 'Death to America' in nationwide rallies on Friday.

Protesters also burned the flag of militant group ISIS which claimed responsibility for attacks in Tehran this month.

Iranian state media said hundreds of thousands of people turned out for the rallies to mark Al-Quds Day, which was initiated by Iran's 1979 Islamic revolution founder Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini and is held on the last Friday of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan.

Hundreds of thousands of Iranians chanted 'Death to Israel' and 'Death to America' in nationwide rallies on Friday

Protesters also burned the flag of the United States, Israel and militant group ISIS, which claimed responsibility for attacks in Tehran this month

Iranian state media said hundreds of thousands of people turned out for the rallies to mark Al-Quds Day

What is Al-Quds Day? Al-Quds is a historic Arabic name for Jerusalem, and Iran says the day is an occasion to express support for the Palestinians and emphasize the importance of Jerusalem for Muslims. Advertisement

Marchers included soldiers, students and clerics. Black-clad women with small children were among those flocking the streets of central Tehran, many carrying portraits of Khomeini and his successor Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

In Tehran's Vali-ye Asr street, three mid-range surface-to-surface ballistic missiles were displayed, including the Zolfaghar missile that Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards used on Sunday to target bases of the IS in eastern Syria.

Top Guards' commanders have repeatedly said that Israel is within range of Iran's missiles. Sunni Muslim states in the Gulf and Israel say Tehran's ballistic missile program is a threat to regional security and has led to the United States imposing new sanctions.

Marchers included soldiers, students and clerics. Black-clad women with small children were among those flocking the streets of central Tehran

In Tehran's Vali-ye Asr street, three mid-range surface-to-surface ballistic missiles were displayed, including the Zolfaghar missile that Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards used on Sunday to target bases of the IS in eastern Syria

Top Guards' commanders have repeatedly said that Israel is within range of Iran's missiles

'With this rally our nation is telling America that we are determined to continue our path,' Rouhani said, referring to the US Senate's decision to impose new sanctions

'With this rally our nation is telling America that we are determined to continue our path,' Rouhani said, referring to the US Senate's decision to impose new sanctions.

Crowds were seen chanting anti-Israel slogans in solidarity with Palestinians whom they urged to continue their fight against the 'occupying regime'.

Demonstrators chanted 'Death to Israel, Death to America,' carried banners reading 'Israel should be wiped off the map' while people were shown burning the Israeli flag.

People meted out the same treatment for the banner of ISIS which has said it carried out deadly twin attacks in Tehran on June 7.

Demonstrators chanted 'Death to Israel, Death to America,' carried banners reading 'Israel should be wiped off the map' while people were shown burning the Israeli flag

Iran blames regional rival Saudi Arabia for being behind the attacks but this is denied by Riyadh

Iran blames regional rival Saudi Arabia for being behind the attacks but this is denied by Riyadh.

'Daesh (IS), America and Israel are all the same. They are all terrorists,' a young woman marcher in Tehran told state TV.

Opposition to Israel is a touchstone of belief for Shi'ite-led Iran, which backs Palestinian and Lebanese Islamic militant groups opposed to peace with the Jewish state, which Tehran refuses to recognise.

A member of Iranian Revolutionary Guard speaks on his walkie talkie while Zolfaghar surface-to-surface ballistic missiles are displayed

A clergyman holds a poster showing caricatures of U.S. President Donald Trump, center, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and Saudi Arabia's King Salman

A portrait of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu burned by Iranian demonstrators

Israel, the United States and its chief Sunni Arab ally Saudi Arabia accuse Iran of fomenting tension in the Middle East and of sponsoring terrorism. This is denied by Tehran.

Tensions have risen sharply in the Gulf between Qatar and four Arab states, including Saudi Arabia, in part over Doha's links with Iran.

'This year's rally... shows people want our region to be cleaned up from terrorists, backed by the Zionist regime (Israel),' President Hassan Rouhani told state TV.

Opposition to Israel is a touchstone of belief for Shi'ite-led Iran, which backs Palestinian and Lebanese Islamic militant groups opposed to peace with the Jewish state

Israel, the United States and its chief Sunni Arab ally Saudi Arabia accuse Iran of fomenting tension in the Middle East and of sponsoring terrorism. This is denied by Tehran