(Commentator-UK) Ali Alfoneh - A man in uniform inciting the crowds in front of the "Den of Espionage," the former U.S. Embassy in Tehran, promises "10 kilograms of gold to any historian who can prove that there is a regime more criminal than the regime of the United States." This year the regime commemorated the anniversary of the seizure of the embassy on Friday, Nov. 2, rather than Nov. 4, utilizing the Friday prayers to fill the crowds. The regime's difficulty in mobilizing the public is hardly surprising. The majority of Iranians were not even born at the time of the seizure of the U.S. embassy, and most young Iranians have a firmer belief in the American dream of making a decent living in the U.S. than in the regime's unfulfilled promises. Should the U.S. embassy ever reopen in Tehran, the visa application line would be longer than any "spontaneous" anti-American rally. The writer is a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute.
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