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Tough talk, despair divide Tehran’s streets as sanctions strike

Tough talk, despair divide Tehran's streets as sanctions strike

A sea of protesters gathers outside the former US embassy in Iran. Hardline supporters of Iran's government, bused into the center of Tehran for the yearly rally, are marching past wall-sized graffiti of a skull-faced Statue of Liberty while chanting "down with the USA."

Iran's supreme leader: US 'feet must be cut off'

Iran's most powerful political and religious figure said the United States' "feet must be cut off" in the Middle East as US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo renewed his criticism of Tehran in his tour of the region.