IRAN: Iran celebrates the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic revolution

Iran kicks off ten days of celebrations for the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic revolution. Iran celebrated the 28th anniversary of the 1979 Islamic revolution on Thursday (February 1). Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad visited the shrine in Tehran of Iranian former leader Imam Khomeini before making an address. Following the visit, Iranian president Ahmadinejad said: "The Iranian nation will show the West that they will never succeed and the Iranian nation will show the West their unity, power and dignity through rallies and a February 11 rally across the whole of Iran. We will show them that sanctions against Iran do not work." Later, Iranian Former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani spoke at the shrine. "The Americans will create a dispute between Shi'ites and Sunnis who are in the region and our country. Creating a dispute between different religious groups, especially between Shi'ites and Sunnis, is something that the Americans will try to do," Rafsanjani said. Iran holds the Ten-Day Dawn celebrations from February 1-11 every year to mark the victory of the 1979 Islamic Revolution, which overthrew the monarchy of the Iranian shah and established the Islamic Republic.

ITN Source | February 1, 2007

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