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Overweight Vigilantes Reenact Sailors Arrest

February 11, 2016
IranWire
Overweight Vigilantes Reenact Sailors Arrest
Overweight Vigilantes Reenact Sailors Arrest
Overweight Vigilantes Reenact Sailors Arrest
Overweight Vigilantes Reenact Sailors Arrest

As part of the celebrations marking the 37th anniversary of Iran's Islamic Revolution, the holy city of Qom staged reconstructions of the arrest of 10 US sailors near Farsi Island in January. Despite the incident being resolved within 24 hours through diplomatic channels, the supreme leader and hardline politicians and media have used it to present Iran as a military powerhouse in the Middle East and to reignite anti-American sentiiment. 

 

All photos are from Twitter 

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