At 09.33 on Friday sounded the sirens and whistles of the Iranian capital of Tehran. The calls marked the exact time when the iranian withdrawal of the supreme leader, ayatollah Khomeini, returned from exile, by plane from Paris. It was on February 1, 1979.
The iranian revolution is being commemorated as the “ten days of dawn” and will culminate on 11 February, the day when the islamic republic was declared.
As a show of force against the world shows the iranian armed forces up a number of new weapon systems on Tehran’s new exhibition centre.
at the same time, plagued the country of an economic crisis. Currency, rialen, has in one year lost about 60 percent of its value. The situation has created a popular discontent that manifested itself in demonstrations and strikes.
A large part of the anger is directed against Iran’s costly stormaktsambitioner. According to forskaruppgifter, the iranian support to the Syrian regime in the current war cost at least 50 billion dollars.
the 40 years since the revolution in Iran, Nahid Persson was with the and toppled the shah: ”I repent”
