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Shoe sit-in starts outside US Den of Spies

Tehran, Dec 24, IRNA Iran-Shoe Sit-in
A `Shoe Sit-in' started here outside the US Den of Spies Wednesday in support of the Iraqi reporter, Muntazer al- Zeidi, who tossed his shoe at the US President George W. Bush at a press conference in Baghdad.
The meeting, organized by Student Basij Organization of universities of the capital city Tehran, also condemns US crimes in Iraq.The participants are to throw shoes at the former US Embassy in Tehran, the symbol of the `Big Satan', as is covered by the US flag in today's sit-in.
The ground is also covered by US, UK and Israeli flags.
The students carried placards bearing statements of the late Imam Khomeini, the Supreme Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei and other senior personalities of the country.
The demonstrators chanted such slogans as 'Down with the US', and 'Down with Israel'.
(This news from IRNA, Iran, 25 Disember 2008)