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Iran Unveils Anti-American Murals at Former US Embassy

Associated Press

   TEHRAN, IRAN - Iran has unveiled new murals painted on exterior walls
   of the former U.S. Embassy in Tehran ahead of the 40th anniversary of
   the 1979 takeover of the embassy.
   Among the paintings is a depiction of the Statue of Liberty with an arm
   cut off and theshooting down of a U.S. drone, which is illustrated with
   bats flying out of it. They can be seen by drivers and pedestrians
   passing by.
   Iran will commemorate the 40th anniversary of the U.S. Embassy takeover
   on Monday by staging a rally in front of the compound.
   The embassy in downtown Tehran remains frozen in time since 1979, when
   revolutionary students took over the compound after Washington allowed
   ousted Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi to leave the country and travel to
   the U.S. for medical treatment.