{"id":175261,"date":"2026-03-02T18:20:52","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T18:20:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/175261\/"},"modified":"2026-03-02T18:20:52","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T18:20:52","slug":"photos-tampa-protesters-rally-against-iran-war-and-cuban-embargo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/175261\/","title":{"rendered":"Photos: Tampa protesters rally against Iran war and Cuban embargo"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"AProtesters in Tampa, Florida on March 1, 2026. Credit: Dave Decker \/ Creative Loafing Tampa Bay<\/p>\n

American intervention in two different parts of the world were top of mind for Tampa activists over the last week. Last Thursday, Tampa Bay Students for a Democratic Society<\/a> was just outside the University of South Florida\u2019s Tampa campus to call for an end to the ongoing embargo on Cuba.\u00a0<\/p>\n

SDS argues that despite the more than six decades long blockade, Cubans have been able to push their collective life expectancy<\/a> and literacy rates <\/a>beyond those of their American counterparts.<\/p>\n

Yesterday, the many students from the same cohort, joined by folks from the Tampa Immigrants Rights Committee, were on the corner of 56th Street and Fowler Avenue near USF to protest the Trump administration\u2019s new war on Iran, which has killed the country\u2019s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei<\/a>.<\/p>\n

WMNF News reports that close to two dozen people took part in the protest against the Iran conflict, shouting, \u201cThe biggest threat in the world today is Donald Trump in the U.S.A.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"Students protest near University of South Florida on Tampa, Florida on Feb. 26, 2026. Credit: Dave Decker \/ Creative Loafing Tampa Bay<\/p>\n

\"\"Students protest near University of South Florida on Tampa, Florida on Feb. 26, 2026. Credit: Dave Decker \/ Creative Loafing Tampa Bay<\/p>\n

\"\"Students protest near University of South Florida on Tampa, Florida on Feb. 26, 2026. Credit: Dave Decker \/ Creative Loafing Tampa Bay<\/p>\n

\"\"Students protest near University of South Florida on Tampa, Florida on Feb. 26, 2026. Credit: Dave Decker \/ Creative Loafing Tampa Bay<\/p>\n

\"\"Students protest near University of South Florida on Tampa, Florida on Feb. 26, 2026. Credit: Dave Decker \/ Creative Loafing Tampa Bay<\/p>\n

\"\"Students protest near University of South Florida on Tampa, Florida on Feb. 26, 2026. Credit: Dave Decker \/ Creative Loafing Tampa Bay<\/p>\n

\"\"Students protest near University of South Florida on Tampa, Florida on Feb. 26, 2026. Credit: Dave Decker \/ Creative Loafing Tampa Bay<\/p>\n

\"\"Students protest near University of South Florida on Tampa, Florida on Feb. 26, 2026. Credit: Dave Decker \/ Creative Loafing Tampa Bay<\/p>\n

\"\"Students protest near University of South Florida on Tampa, Florida on Feb. 26, 2026. Credit: Dave Decker \/ Creative Loafing Tampa Bay<\/p>\n

\"\"Students protest near University of South Florida on Tampa, Florida on Feb. 26, 2026. Credit: Dave Decker \/ Creative Loafing Tampa Bay<\/p>\n

\"\"Students protest near University of South Florida on Tampa, Florida on Feb. 26, 2026. Credit: Dave Decker \/ Creative Loafing Tampa Bay<\/p>\n

\"\"Students protest near University of South Florida on Tampa, Florida on Feb. 26, 2026. Credit: Dave Decker \/ Creative Loafing Tampa Bay<\/p>\n

\"\"Students protest near University of South Florida on Tampa, Florida on Feb. 26, 2026. Credit: Dave Decker \/ Creative Loafing Tampa Bay<\/p>\n

\"\"Students protest near University of South Florida on Tampa, Florida on Feb. 26, 2026. Credit: Dave Decker \/ Creative Loafing Tampa Bay<\/p>\n

\"\"Protesters in Tampa, Florida on March 1, 2026. Credit: Dave Decker \/ Creative Loafing Tampa Bay<\/p>\n

\"\"Protesters in Tampa, Florida on March 1, 2026. Credit: Dave Decker \/ Creative Loafing Tampa Bay<\/p>\n

\"\"Protesters in Tampa, Florida on March 1, 2026. Credit: Dave Decker \/ Creative Loafing Tampa Bay<\/p>\n

\"\"Protesters in Tampa, Florida on March 1, 2026. Credit: Dave Decker \/ Creative Loafing Tampa Bay<\/p>\n

\"\"Protesters in Tampa, Florida on March 1, 2026. Credit: Dave Decker \/ Creative Loafing Tampa Bay<\/p>\n

\"\"Protesters in Tampa, Florida on March 1, 2026. Credit: Dave Decker \/ Creative Loafing Tampa Bay<\/p>\n

\"\"Protesters in Tampa, Florida on March 1, 2026. Credit: Dave Decker \/ Creative Loafing Tampa Bay<\/p>\n

\"\"Protesters in Tampa, Florida on March 1, 2026. Credit: Dave Decker \/ Creative Loafing Tampa Bay<\/p>\n

\"\"Protesters in Tampa, Florida on March 1, 2026. Credit: Dave Decker \/ Creative Loafing Tampa Bay<\/p>\n

\"\"Protesters in Tampa, Florida on March 1, 2026. Credit: Dave Decker \/ Creative Loafing Tampa Bay<\/p>\n

\"\"Protesters in Tampa, Florida on March 1, 2026. Credit: Dave Decker \/ Creative Loafing Tampa Bay<\/p>\n

\"\"Protesters in Tampa, Florida on March 1, 2026. Credit: Dave Decker \/ Creative Loafing Tampa Bay<\/p>\n

\"\"Protesters in Tampa, Florida on March 1, 2026. Credit: Dave Decker \/ Creative Loafing Tampa Bay<\/p>\n

\"\"Protesters in Tampa, Florida on March 1, 2026. Credit: Dave Decker \/ Creative Loafing Tampa Bay<\/p>\n

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This article appears in Feb. 26 \u2013 Mar. 04, 2026<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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