Foreign Minister Javad Zarif took to social media to "bow in admiration to Iran's resilient people who - despite hardships and grievances - today poured into [the] streets by the missions to mark [the] fortieth anniversary of their Islamic Revolution, which some in the U.S. wished would never come". The "U.S. should take note", Zarif counseled. "REAL Iranians never succumb to diktats".