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Shouts of “Trump act now!” filled the sunny Saturday afternoon on New York’s Fifth Avenue as hundreds of anti-Iranian regime protestors denounced the theocratic regime in Tehran and called for the U.S. to take action against Iran.
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“We want freedom for the Iranian people,” said protester Sarah Shahi. “We want this theocracy that has been taking people’s rights away to be taken out with whatever means necessary. We need help when so many people have been killed.”
Protesters gather in Manhattan, New York to protest the current Iranian regime, following multiple protests in the country. (Eric Shawn/Fox News Channel)
The protesters gathered across the street from the residence of Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations and called for the regime in Tehran to be toppled.
The ornate 19th century limestone townhouse was originally purchased by the Iranian government under Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the shah of Iran who ruled from 1941 until 1979. It has been the official home of the country’s UN representative ever since. Protests have been rare at the location, but at some point, overnight, someone spray-painted the words “terrorists” and “killers” on the front facade.
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The building’s location is one of the most exclusive on the Upper East Side, diagonally across the street from the Metropolitan Museum of Art and less than a block away from the former residence of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.
There was spray paint on the Iranian United Nation’s Ambassador’s home in New York City following a protest. (Eric Shawn)
One protester’s sign showed a photograph of current Iranian UN Ambassador Amir Saeid Iravani with the words “A terrorist lives here.”
“For the people of the Islamic republic to be residing here is just so unjust,” said Shahi….
