Scenes from Wednesday's 'Stop Iran' Rally in Times Square

I arrived at Times Square in Manhattan around 4:45 PM on Wednesday, and a bit of meandering through the sea of people brought me to 42nd Street and Seventh Avenue. Fences were up, and NYPD cops were trying to navigate the hoards of tourists through the "Stop Iran" rally. One lady who had just seen the Broadway musical Amazing Grace joined the crowd, which was already pretty substantial and grew quickly after my arrival. Each side of Seventh had a pen for attendees, stretching a few blocks south, though traffic mostly kept moving throughout the action.

The big theme with the speakers was to "kill the deal"—the pending nuclear deal with Iran brokered by the Obama administration. Basically, in return for the UN easing up on crippling economic sanctions, Tehran promises to cap its enrichment and stockpiling of uranium. The Israeli government and its supporters have been upset about the deal, as have many conservatives in the US.

Organizers hyped attendance as reaching 12,000 people. I don't know if that's an accurate count, but there were a lot of people, and many of them were extremely upset about the deal, and at Obama in particular.

Here's what I saw at the rally.