Iran celebrates 44 years of Islamic Revolution

Previously, on the 42nd and 43rd anniversary of the Islamic Revolution of Iran, people mainly drove cars and motorbikes down the street due to restrictive measures to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 epidemic. However, during this year’s celebration, many people holding flags walked to gather at Azadi (Freedom) Square in the capital Tehran despite the cold weather.

Iranian state television reported celebrations were held in 1,400 cities and towns across the country, broadcasting footage of major rallies in the cities of Isfahan, Mashhad, Shiraz and Tabriz. People carry portraits of Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as well as the late Grand Patriarch Ruhollah Khomeini, the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and General Qasem Soleimani, who was killed in an attack. US air strikes on Baghdad airport (Iraq) in January 2020. People also held up banners expressing solidarity with the country’s leader.

The 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran overthrew the pro-American Mohammad Reza Pahlavi dynasty to bring Muslim clerics to power. This event is said to be a turning point in the history of Iran.

Iran’s Islamic Revolution was hailed by many international media outlets as “the third greatest revolution in history”, after the French Revolution and the Russian October Revolution, and the opening event of “turning communism into the world”. Muslim feudalism as a political force from Morocco to Malaysia”.