In their millions, Iranians have filled the streets countrywide to relive the day 38 years ago when the nation’s hard-fought Islamic Revolution against the former US-backed regime became victorious.
According to Press TV, on Friday morning, the people started out the commemoration rallies in different cities and towns across Iran to celebrate the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
On, February 11, 1979, the Iranian nation’s struggles and protests against the tyrannous monarchial Pahlavi regime came to fruition under the leadership of Imam Khomeini (God bless his soul), the religious and spiritual leader who is known as the “great architect of the Islamic Republic.”
In the capital, Tehran, President Hassan Rouhani is set to address the demonstrators at Azadi Square, preceded by celebratory parachuting and aerobatics.
Senior officials are also joining the marches in Tehran.
This year’s rallies are of higher significance and look set to be one of Iran’s biggest as they coincide with a political maelstrom in Washington kicked up by US President Donald Trump and his political point men against Tehran.
Both on the election trail and soon after taking office in January, Trump leveled serious threats against the Islamic Republic, including a pledge to “tear up” the nuclear accord between Tehran and 5+1 group, including Washington itself.
The president also branded the country as the “terrorist state number one.” He has also imposed fresh sanctions and issued an executive order blocking Iranians, among nationals from six other Muslim-majority states, from travelling to America.
The Muslim ban has currently been suspended by US courts, but Trump is pushing to re-impose it.
Responding to the belligerent rhetoric, Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei said earlier in the week that the Iranian people will be responding to his threats on the anniversary of the Revolution.
“Trump says, ‘Fear me!’ No. The [Iranian] people will respond to these remarks on Bahman 22 and will show what position the Iranian people assume vis-à-vis threats,” the Leader said on Tuesday, referring to the occasion’s date on the Persian calendar.
Ayatollah Khamenei also dismissed Washington’s decision to put Iran “on notice” over its missile tests, calling Trump the “real face” of American corruption.
