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Anti-War Demonstrators Condemn US Strikes on Iran as Illegal
Category: Society & Culture
Duration: 00:00:00
Publish Date: 2025-06-23 01:27:44
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About 200 people protested at San Francisco’s Embarcadero on Sunday to condemn the decision by President Donald Trump to strike three nuclear sites in Iran.

A woman wearing a red, white, green and black flag over her shoulders with sun glasses walks in a large group of people holding signs.
Protesters march on Market St. in San Francisco. (Gina Castro/KQED)

Protesters at the action, which the anti-war ANSWER Coalition organized, denounced the U.S. military involvement in Iran and said the strikes would only intensify violence in the region.

The Trump administration on Saturday carried out the military strikes without Congressional approval, a move many members of Congress in the Bay Area called illegal.

A person wearing a black shirt holds a megaphone in a large crowd.
Bint Ard’Lana chants during a protest in response to the U.S bombing three Iranian nuclear sites, in San Francisco. (Gina Castro/KQED)

Suzanne Ali with the Palestinian Youth Movement’s Bay Area chapter said it also violates international law and norms.

Hundreds of people walk down a street holding signs.
Protesters march on Market St., in response to the U.S bombing three Iranian nuclear sites, in San Francisco. (Gina Castro/KQED)

“It’s putting everyone in the world at threat of something nuclear [coming] out of this,” Ali said. “It’s World War III.”

Sousan Fanaej, center, holds a sign during a protest in response to the U.S bombing three Iranian nuclear sites. (Gina Castro/KQED)

Ali said organizers plan to “continue to pour into the streets” until the United States imposes an arms embargo on Israel.

A man wearing a hat waves a flag in front of a large group of people.
Protesters gather at Embarcadero Plaza ahead of a march, in response to the U.S bombing three Iranian nuclear sites. (Gina Castro/KQED)

“If the US won’t do it, then the people will,” Ali said.

The ANSWER Coalition said it’s organizing a national march on Washington on June 28 to demand an end to the war with Iran.
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