🇮🇷 Iran Begins Festivities Marking 43rd Islamic Revolution Anniversary

▪︎Iran has begun celebrations to commemorate the 43rd anniversary of the Islamic Revolution, which overthrew the US-backed Pahlavi regime.

▪︎The festivities, known as the Ten-Day Dawn, start with ceremonies that mark the return to Iran of His Eminence Imam Ruhollah Khomeini, the late founder of the Islamic Republic, after 15 years in exile.

▪︎Millions of Iranians welcomed the charismatic leader in Tehran on February 1, 1979. Imam Khomeini’s arrival intensified months of popular protests against the Pahlavi regime.

▪︎Ten days later, the rallies culminated in the downfall of the Pahlavi regime, bringing the curtain down on more than two millennia of monarchy in Iran.

▪︎The Islamic Revolution established a new political system; a republic based on Islamic values and democracy.