The martyrdom-seeking volunteers, most of whom had covered their faces with a chafieh, issued a warning to Washington that they would blow up United States interests around the world if Irans nuclear installations came under attack.
Mohammad-Ali Samadi, spokesman for the Headquarters to Commemorate the Martyrs of the Global Islamic Movement, a government-orchestrated campaign to recruit suicide bombers, repeated a claim made earlier in the week that more than 55,000 volunteers for martyrdom-seeking operations had been registered so far by the organisation, which also calls itself Esteshhadioun, or martyrdom-seekers.
A huge banner was displayed at the event, depicting the coffins of American and British troops in Iraq.
In February, the group launched a new recruitment drive for suicide bombers in Tehran to fight against Global Blasphemy.
The group was set up by Irans Revolutionary Guards in 2004. Those who join have three choices: To carry out suicide attacks against the infidels occupying Iraq, against Israel, or against Salman Rushdie.