{"id":18760,"date":"2020-01-17T17:38:45","date_gmt":"2020-01-17T22:38:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/?p=18760"},"modified":"2020-01-17T17:38:45","modified_gmt":"2020-01-17T22:38:45","slug":"iran-torching-qassem-soleimanis-posters-simultaneous-with-khameneis-speech-in-tehran-friday-prayer-congregation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/2020\/01\/17\/iran-torching-qassem-soleimanis-posters-simultaneous-with-khameneis-speech-in-tehran-friday-prayer-congregation\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran: Torching Qassem Soleimani\u2019s Posters Simultaneous With Khamenei\u2019s Speech in Tehran Friday Prayer Congregation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"uk-article-meta uk-margin-top-remove\">Written by Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) on\u00a017 January 2020.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/ncr-iran.org\/en\/images\/stories\/2019\/October\/a\/NCRI-50.png\" width=\"75\" height=\"69\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Today, January 17, 2020, on the same day when the regime\u2019s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei was speaking at Tehran\u2019s Friday prayer congregation,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/iran-protests\/27230-iran-defiant-youth-target-fat-h-battalion-of-the-vali-asr-division-torch-posters-of-khomeini-khamenei-and-soleimani\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">defiant youth<\/a>\u00a0tore up or torched posters of the eliminated terror\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/editorial\/27191-strategic-blow-and-deadly-impasse-of-the-iranian-regime\">master Qassem Soleimani<\/a>\u00a0in different parts of Tehran and in other Iranian cities, including Kerman, Zanjan, Iranshahr, Fassa, Lahijan, Tabriz, Zahedan and Masjed Soleiman.<\/p>\n<p>In his remarks today, Khamenei displayed his desperation and frustration in the face of the rage and defiance of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/iran-protests\/27224-defiant-youth-target-mashhad-s-office-for-government-punishments-center-for-torture-suppression-and-plunder\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">rebellious youth<\/a>\u00a0toward the mullahs\u2019 regime and Soleimani by saying that a few hundred who insult Soleimani\u2019s pictures were not the people of Iran.<\/p>\n<p>These activities occurred while the security and suppressive forces were on full alert in view of the Friday prayers in Tehran and regime-staged rallies in other cities.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Secretariat of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ncr-iran.org\/en\/alternative\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the National Council of Resistance of Iran<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>January 17, 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Written by Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) on\u00a017 January 2020. Today, January 17, 2020, on the same day when the <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/2020\/01\/17\/iran-torching-qassem-soleimanis-posters-simultaneous-with-khameneis-speech-in-tehran-friday-prayer-congregation\/\" title=\"Iran: Torching Qassem Soleimani\u2019s Posters Simultaneous With Khamenei\u2019s Speech in Tehran Friday Prayer Congregation\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":18761,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[433,5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18760"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18760"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18760\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18762,"href":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18760\/revisions\/18762"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18761"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18760"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18760"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}