Iranian state-run media are airing footage of pro-government rallies held today in multiple cities nationwide, asserting that crowds at Enghelab Square in central Tehran exceeded 100,000 people. Opposition groups, however, contend that most participants were mobilized by the government and that the demonstrations are intended to undermine ongoing anti-regime protests by portraying them as “foreign-backed” by Israel and the United States.

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