Iran: Basij volunteer forces hold nationwide rallies in solidarity with Gaza

Basij volunteer forces have held nationwide rallies across the country, with the popular force bringing some 50,000 of its members to the streets in the capital Tehran to voice their solidarity with the Palestinians in the face of the Israeli regime’s brutal onslaught on the besieged Gaza Strip.

The demonstrations, dubbed “March towards al-Quds”, were staged on the occasion of the National Basij Week in Iran on Friday, which coincided with first day of a provisional truce that put a halt on nearly 50 days of Israeli aggression on Gaza.

The Basij forces in Tehran marched along the city’s iconic Enghelab (Revolution) Street towards the University of Tehran where Friday prayers are held.

Holding Palestinian flags and resistance movements, the participants expressed their unwavering support for the Palestinian people in Gaza and censured the occupation regime’s genocide in the besieged territory.

A number of demonstrators also held in their arms the shrouded bodies of Palestinian infants in a symbolic move in commemoration of thousands of innocent children who lost their lives in the Israeli war on Gaza.

Some protesters carried mock bodies of Palestinian children wrapped in shrouds as a symbolic gesture to honor the thousands of innocent lives lost in the Israeli war on Gaza.

Iran’s major cities were also the scene of similar parades in solidarity with Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.

SS