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Iran has mocked the American sailors they captured by getting students to mimic the moment they surrendered during a parade. It comes 24 hours after state television for the Islamic republic released footage of a U.S. Navy seaman in floods of tears after his unit was captured in the Persian Gulf last month. The youngsters re-enacted a scene from their arrest by Iran's Revolutionary Guard on January 10 as they celebrated the 37th anniversary of the revolution. Playing to the crowd, teenagers were seen on their knees with guns being pointed to their heads. In the audience, people carried placards reading 'Death to America'. Earlier in the procession, the group of 'captives' wearing the U.S. Presidential Seal on camo suits, were dragged in front of the crowds with sacks over their heads. Members of Iranian Basij paramilitary force also poked fun of the Navy personnel during a parade in Tehran. Mark Toner, Deputy Spokesman for the State Department told Daily Mail Online: 'We are aware that Iran is commemorating the 37th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution today as it does every year and we're also aware that there certainly is a lot of inflammatory rhetoric and imagery coming out of those marches and events today. 'We're not going to respond to what is clearly designed for a certain domestic audience.' Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3442762/Now-Iran-mocks-captured-sailors-street-parade-featuring-schoolboys-Tehran-depicting-surrender-crowds-hold-Death-America-banners.html#ixzz3ztyhpZlW Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook