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'''Death to America'''{{efn|{{lang-fa|مرگ بر آمریکا|translit=Marg bar Âmrikâ}}; {{Lang-ar|الموت لأمريكا|translit=al-mawt li-‘Amrīkā}}; {{lang-ur|امریکہ کے لیے موت|translit=America ke liye mout}}}} is an [[anti-American]] [[political slogan]] widely used in North Korea, Iran,<ref name="karami2">Arash Karami: [http://iranpulse.al-monitor.com/index.php/tag/sadegh-zibakalam/ Khomeini Orders Media to End 'Death to America' Chant] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304100629/http://iranpulse.al-monitor.com/index.php/tag/sadegh-zibakalam/|date=2016-03-04}}, Iran Pulse, October 13, 2013</ref> Afghanistan,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Protestors Chant 'Death to America' Amid Leaflet Outcry|url=https://tolonews.com/afghanistan/protestors-chant-%E2%80%98death-america%E2%80%99-amid-leaflet-outcry|access-date=2021-07-29|website=TOLOnews|language=en}}</ref> Lebanon,<ref name="articles.latimes.com">{{cite news |date=17 April 2003 |title=Hezbollah Vows Anew to Target Americans |url=http://articles.latimes.com/2003/apr/17/news/war-hezbollah17 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> Yemen,<ref name="csmonitor.com">{{cite news |date=28 October 2012 |title=Yemen's 'Death to America' rebels bring calm to northern Yemen |url=http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2012/1028/Yemen-s-Death-to-America-rebels-bring-calm-to-northern-Yemen |newspaper=The Christian Science Monitor }}</ref> Iraq,<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Hassan|first1=Falih|last2=Hubbard|first2=Ben|last3=Rubin|first3=Alissa J.|date=2019-12-31|title=Protesters Attack U.S. Embassy in Iraq, Chanting 'Death to America'|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/31/world/middleeast/baghdad-protesters-us-embassy.html|access-date=2021-07-28|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref name=":1" /> and Pakistan.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|last=Peshimam|first=Syed Raza Hassan, Gibran Naiyyar|date=2020-01-05|title=Thousands protest in Pakistan over U.S. killing of Iranian commander|language=en|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-pakistan-protests-iran-idUSKBN1Z40NR|access-date=2021-07-28}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=Pakistan Stress Neutrality, Big Rally Protests Killing of Soleimani {{!}} Voice of America - English|url=https://www.voanews.com/middle-east/voa-news-iran/pakistan-stress-neutrality-big-rally-protests-killing-soleimani|access-date=2021-07-28|website=www.voanews.com|date=5 January 2020 |language=en}}</ref> Originally used by North Korea―as '''Death to the United States imperialists'''{{efn|{{korean|미제에게 죽음을|rr=MijaeMije-ege chugeumeul|mr=MijaeMije-eke chugŭmŭl}}}}―since the [[Korean War]],<ref name="North Korea">{{Cite news|title=North Korea's bold wave of propaganda art - in pictures|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2017/aug/20/north-koreas-propaganda-art-in-pictures|access-date=2024-01-12|website=www.theguardian.com|date=5 August 2019 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Pyongyang">{{Cite news|title=North Korea Holds Mass Rally — Soldiers And Students Chant 'Death To US Imperialists'|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/north-korea-holds-mass-rally--soldiers-and-students-chant-death-to-us-imperialists-2013-3|website=www.businessinsider.com|access-date=2024-01-12|date=29 March 2013 |language=en}}</ref> [[Ruhollah Khomeini]], the first [[supreme leader of Iran]], popularized the term.<ref>{{cite book|author=Philip Herbst|url=https://archive.org/details/talkingterrorism0000herb|title=Talking Terrorism: A Dictionary of the Loaded Language of Political Violence|year=2003|page=[https://archive.org/details/talkingterrorism0000herb/page/6 6]|isbn=9780313324864 |url-access=registration}}</ref> He opposed the chant for radio and television, but not for protests and other occasions.<ref name="karami2" />