Thousands Take to New York Streets to Protest Iran Deal

People hold up signs and wave U.S. flags at a "Stop Iran Rally" in New York. The rally was held outside of the office of U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, a supporter of President Obama's nuclear deal with Iran

Natalie Johnson, --September 2, 2015

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Thousands of protesters poured into Manhattan Tuesday evening to demand Congress vote against the Iran nuclear agreement outside of Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand’s New York office.
“Change your vote!” chants reverberated through the crowd after former Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., said he was “shocked” and “disappointed” Gillibrand decided to back the accord last month. “Since the agreement was signed in the middle of July, [Iran] still says at the highest level they’re going to continue to support terrorism, they’re going to annihilate Israel and death to America,” Lieberman said. “How can you make an agreement with a country that wants to kill you?” More...

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