Iranians to Burn Puppet, Not U.S. Flag
<i> Reuters</i>
TEHRAN —
Iranian students are to burn an Uncle Sam puppet instead of the U.S. flag in annual rituals Monday to mark the 1979 seizure of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, a student leader said Saturday.
Students said that burning a puppet was less provocative than the flag-burning in previous anniversary rituals and that they were making the switch to stay in line with President Mohammad Khatami’s friendly overture to the U.S. in a January television interview.
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