Iranian students support Wall Street uprising

Millions of Iranian students are due to stage nationwide rallies on November 4 to voice their strong support for the Wall Street protests which have now overwhelmed all the western countries ruled by the capitalist system."2.5 million Basiji (volunteer) students on Aban 13 (November 4) will move from specified places towards the Friday prayers Mosallas (a vast prayers place in each Muslim city usually used for Friday Prayers)" by chanting slogans and voicing support for the oppressed and deprived US and European people and the Islamic nations in the Middle-East, Caretaker of Pupils and Teachers' Basij Organization Colonel Hossein Momtahen announced at a news conference on Tuesday. November the 4 marks three important events in Iranian history: the takeover of the former US embassy in Tehran by Muslim students following the late Imam Khomeini's line in 1979 and the exile of the late Founder of the Islamic Republic Imam Khomeini by the deposed Shah in 1964. Since the 1979 takeover of the US embassy in Tehran, Iranians have been celebrating the occasion every year by holding rallies on the anniversary and marking it as the National Day against the 'Global Arrogance'. Momtahen said that in Tehran, the rallies would start in front of the former US embassy and continue towards Tehran University where the Friday prayers are held in the capital.Iranian officials and people have on various occasions voiced their strong support for both the popular uprisings in the Middle-East and anti-capitalism protests in Europe and the US. In a last case on October 22, the Iranian students gathered in front of the Swiss Embassy - which hosts the US interests section in Iran - to voice support for anti-capitalism protests throughout the US and condemn the brutal clampdown on peaceful demonstrations by the US police. The November 4 rallies in Iran will come a few days after rallies by anti-capitalism protesters throughout the world. An activist group that sparked the Occupy Wall Street movement has called for global protests on Saturday to demand G20 leaders impose proper taxes on financial transactions and currency trades. Canada-based Adbusters wants the Occupy Wall Street protest movement against economic inequality to take to the streets to call for a 1 percent tax on such deals ahead of a November 3-4 summit of the Group of 20 economies in France. "Let's send them a clear message: We want you to slow down some of that $1.3 trillion easy money that's sloshing around the global casino each day - enough cash to fund every social program and environmental initiative in the world," the activist group said on its website. Adbusters put out the initial call for Occupy Wall Street and since protesters set up camp in a park in New York City's financial district on September 17, they have inspired solidarity demonstrations and so-called occupations around the world.