An Iranian woman carries a picture of the Islamic Republic's founder Ayatollah Khomeini and the Dome of the Rock mosque, during a rally outside the former US embassy in Tehran, to support the Palestinians of the Gaza Strip and to mark the 44th anniversary of the start of the Iran hostage crisis, on November 4, 2023. In 1979, fifty-two embassy staff were held hostage for 444 days by Iranian students, who demanded that Washington hand over Iran's recently toppled shah, who was being treated in the United States for cancer. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP)