Iran begins Ten-Day ceremonies marking victory of Islamic Revolution

Iranians have begun Ten-Day Dawn celebrations to mark the 46th anniversary of the victory of the Islamic Revolution that toppled the US-backed Pahlavi regime.

The nationwide celebrations started on Friday, which coincides with the 12th day of the solar calendar month of Bahman.

The day marks the homecoming of the late founder of the Islamic Republic, Imam Khomeini, after several years of living in exile.

Celebrating the day, motorcycle parades were held in the capital Tehran and other cities across the country.

As one of the programs, the seating area of Imam Khomeini in Behesht-e Zahra, Tehran's major cemetery in the south of the city, was adorned with flowers on Friday morning in a ceremony attended by thousands of people as well as several high-ranking officials.

"After 46 years, we have been able to establish resistance in the world and steer the world toward multipolarity," Hamidreza Hajibabaei, the Deputy Speaker of the Iranian Parliament, said during the event.

"Over the past 46 years, the Iranian people have consistently been in a defensive position in the war that America has waged against us, and the victor of this war has always been the Iranian nation," he added.

"The enemy imposed an eight-year war on us, shot down our passenger plane, assassinated General Soleimani, and imposed sanctions on us. All these wars were initiated by the Americans against the Iranian nation, and these actions have led the Iranian people to consider America as their enemy and hold resentment toward it," said the senior lawmaker.

Over 46,000 programs have been prepared and organized by the Islamic Propagation Coordination Council at the national level to mark the Islamic Revolution's anniversary this year. These include visiting the tombs of the martyrs, holding 900 meetings with the families of martyrs, bestowing flowers on the tombs of martyrs, and sounding the bell of the revolution in 110,000 schools across the country.

On Thursday, Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei paid tribute to Imam Khomeini at his mausoleum in Tehran.

Every year, Iranians mark the anniversary of their Islamic Revolution from February 1 to 11, known as the Ten-Day Dawn ceremonies. During the celebrations, Iranians take part in different events and activities to mark the occasion.

Led by Imam Khomeini, the Islamic Revolution was driven by anti-imperialist sentiments since former Iranian monarch Mohammad Reza Pahlavi was heavily dependent on Western powers, not least the United States.

By toppling the Pahlavi regime 46 years ago, the Iranian nation ended 2,500 years of monarchic rule and established a new political system – a republic based on Islamic values and democracy.

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