Millions of people in Iran and across the world are taking to the streets to mark the International Quds Day, voicing their solidarity with Palestinians and decrying Israeli genocide in the besieged Gaza Strip.

Brigadier General Ramezan Sharif, the spokesman of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) and the director-general of Intifada committee in Tehran, said the rallies which started at 10:00 a.m. local time (0630 GMT) were being held in more than 900 cities across the country.

From different walks of life and various social strata, the demonstrators held the national flags of Iran and Palestine as well as banners that read, “Free Palestine,” and “Al-Quds must be liberated.”

Other flags belonging to regional resistance groups, including Iraq’s anti-terror Popular Mobilization Units, better known as Hashd al-Sha'abi, Lebanon’s Hezbollah resistance movement and Yemen’s Ansarullah were carried by demonstrators.

The mass rallies are held in many countries in the West Asian region, including Iraq, Yemen and Lebanon, as well as many others across the globe.

Senior Iranian officials are attending the rally in Tehran, with Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf about to address the event.

Al-Quds Day, or simply Quds Day, is an annual, international day held every year on the last Friday of Ramadan to express support for Palestine and oppose the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories.

Large rallies are held as Israel continues its attacks on Gaza and the occupied West Bank.

The late founder of the Islamic Republic, Imam Khomeini, established Quds Day in 1979 shortly after the Islamic Revolution in Iran to show solidarity with Palestinians. It has since become a symbol of resistance.

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