Iranian Business Sells U.S., Israel Flags for Burning

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Aaron Bandler

January 31, 2020

TEHRAN, IRAN – JUNE 19: Pro-government demonstrators burn an American flag at Tehran University, on June 19, 2009 in Tehran, Iran. Making his first public appearance after daily protests over the official election results, Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei spoke at Friday Prayers, calling for an end to street protests over last week’s disputed presidential election. He is siding with declared winner Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. (Photo by Getty Images)

A business in Iran sells American and Israeli flags for the sole purpose of burning them at rallies.

Reuters reported that the Diba Parcham flag factory churns out around 1.5 million square feet of American and Israeli flags annually.

The owner, Ghasem Ghanjani, told Reuters that the business has no issue with Americans and Israelis, but rather with their governments. Diba Parcham’s quality control manager, identified as Rezaei, told Reuters that the burning of flags is nothing “compared to the cowardly actions of the United States, such as Gen. [Qassem] Soleimani’s assassination.”

American and Israeli flags were burned in Iranian protests in January in response to the Soleimani’s death, and such burnings have frequently occurred during Iran’s annual celebration of Quds Day, which the Iranian government touts as a day to show solidarity with the Palestinians.

Pro-Israel activist Hananya Naftali tweeted, “Iranian factory makes U.S. and Israeli flags to burn. The regime’s hate for Israel and America is greater than their love for Iranians.”

Iranian factory makes U.S. and Israeli flags to burn.

The regime's hate for Israel and America is greater than their love for Iranians. #Iran pic.twitter.com/gkAnWcZEYe

— Hananya Naftali (@HananyaNaftali) January 31, 2020