This past Wednesday a rally gathered in New York's Time Square to oppose the nuclear deal reached between Iran and the P5+1 countries (the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Russia, and China). The effort was meant to send a message to the U.S. congress to veto the deal. The Associated Press described it as a event consisting mainly “of pro-Israel supporters, though organizers said it represents Americans of all faiths and political convictions.” Congress has 60 days to review the agreement that lifts sanctions on Iran in exchange for measures by the Iranian government to prevent developing a nuclear weapon.

BBC Persian correspondent Bahman Kalbasi was in the crowd to tweet details of the event, and to criticize media outlets such as CBS for describing the event as ‘packed’.

About a 1000 or so Anti-#IranDeal protesters in Times Sq., with a mushroom cloud plastic balloon & flags of #Israel. pic.twitter.com/9i9m1VZATG

— Bahman Kalbasi (@BahmanKalbasi) July 22, 2015

“We are letting the Persian tiger out of the cage“ says Mr. Zuckerman. The first speaker of the anti- #IranDeal protester.

— Bahman Kalbasi (@BahmanKalbasi) July 22, 2015

A Fox News cohost speaking now. She says the protesters in NY are here to save the Western civilization from #Iran. pic.twitter.com/M54iQrYXCT

— Bahman Kalbasi (@BahmanKalbasi) July 22, 2015

Nope, they didn’t pack it. https://t.co/FYlAF5nGNE

— Bahman Kalbasi (@BahmanKalbasi) July 23, 2015