Iranians protest anti-Islam
Protesters chant slogans during a
march to the U.S. Embassy in Sanaa, Yemen, on Thursday, September 13.
One protester was killed in clashes when Yemeni security forces
dispersed hundreds of demonstrators who gathered around and inside the
U.S. Embassy in Sanaa as part of widespread anger in at least 11
countries over a film ridiculing Islam's Prophet Mohammed.
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Protesters storm U.S. Embassy buildings
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
- Rallies against film are planned for Friday, Iran media say
- Ayatollah Khamenei, Iran's supreme leader, says U.S. should go after those behind film
- Iranian college students protest in Tehran
Khameini on Thursday
called the making of the film a "criminal act," according to the
state-run Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA).
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Protests at Swiss Embassy in Iran
His comments came the
same day university students protested outside the Swiss Embassy in
Tehran, blaming the United States and Israel for the American-made film.
The Swiss Embassy represents U.S. interests in Iran.
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Two members of the film's production staff who spoke to CNN denied initial media reports that the filmmaker was an Israeli Jew.
Students read a statement
in support of protesters who stormed the U.S. Embassy in Cairo and the
U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, as word of the film spread.
U.S. Ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens and three other Americans were killed in the Benghazi attack.
The semi-official Fars news agency and IRNA said additional protests across Iran are planned for Friday afternoon after prayers.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Thursday, "This video is disgusting and reprehensible."
But, she added, there was no justification in responding to it with violence.