Lovely people, those Iranians. 
Thousands of Iranians gathered on Thursday at the site of the former U.S. Embassy in Tehran to mark the anniversary of its takeover, the Los Angeles Times reported. The annual display of anti-American rage is tightly orchestrated by the regime; demonstrators were brought in droves by bus.
Participants came from all walks of life, including “young and old, university students, military staff and employees of state-run companies.” One in 10 carried placards with the words of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei: “We do not trust America.” American, Israeli, and Saudi Arabian flags were burned on site.
Many voiced concern over the implementation of the Iran nuclear deal, accusing Americans of not honoring their commitments. The average Iranian has seen little progress in wake of the agreement—seventy-four percent of Iranians say their living conditions have not improved. Fewer judge the Iranian economy as getting better than the year before.
Rather than helping the Iranian people, the deal has bolstered Tehran’s hardliners, notorious for supporting terrorism abroad and the brutal suppression of their own people at home. Since completion of the agreement in July 2015, Iran has stepped up its arrests of political opponents in the arts, media, and business community. The New York Times reported a surge in anti-Americanism and human rights violations shortly after the deal's implementation last year.
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