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2026-02-14 22:01
A Chinese professor's take on the anniversary parade of the Islamic Revolution
By Hongda Fan
TEHRAN – On February 11th, I once again witnessed the parade celebrating the 47th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution in Tehran. In previous years, I have witnessed such celebrations in both Tehran and Urmia. As a Chinese professor who earnestly hopes for a brighter future for Iran, I have some personal observations and reflections after witnessing this year’s celebratory parade, which I would like to share with the Iranian people who are yearning for positive changes in their country.
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2026-02-11 20:31
By Saleh Abidi Maleki
Iranian nation proves bigger than Trump's 'big armada'
Millions of Iranians rally to mark 47th Islamic Revolution anniversary
TEHRAN – Bahman 22 (February 11) is the day Iran unveils its power and dignity every year, said Iran’s Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, on Monday, two days before the annual rallies were set to take place. “Disappoint the enemy,” he added in a televised message. Observers could argue that this is precisely what the Iranian people went on to do.
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2026-02-11 19:32
Congratulations pour in as Iran celebrates the birth of the Islamic Revolution
TEHRAN — Messages of congratulations have poured in from across the globe on the 47th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution.
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2026/02/11
By Sondoss Al Asaad
From revolutionary echoes to regional equations: Lebanon, Iran, and the unfinished struggle
BEIRUT — From the earliest days of Imam Khomeini’s revolution, the Shiites of Lebanon were not distant observers but active moral participants in its unfolding narrative.
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2026-02-09 21:45
Ayatollah Khamenei: Iranians to affirm loyalty to Islamic Republic on Bahman 22
TEHRAN — Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei on Monday praised the Iranian nation’s steadfastness and unity, saying the annual 22nd of Bahman rallies continue to demonstrate the country’s power, independence, and ability to thwart foreign pressure.
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2026-02-09 21:44
By Faramarz Kouhpayeh
47 years of resistance
Iran's revolution continues to thrive despite decades of plots and pressure by US
TEHRAN – In November 1979, only months after the Islamic Republic was formally established through a national referendum in which Iranians overwhelmingly voted to reshape their political system, Imam Khomeini addressed a crowd in the city of Qom.
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2026/02/07
Why Iran still haunts Western strategy
By Xavier Villar
MADRID – Ghosts are terrifying not simply because they are powerful, but because they endure. They unsettle precisely because they refuse resolution. A ghost is defined by contradiction, a presence that signifies an absence, something that should no longer be there yet persists all the same.
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2026-02-06 15:44
Social Welfare Organization marks Islamic Revolution’s anniversary with development projects
TEHRAN – The Social Welfare Organization has launched numerous development projects on the occasion of the 47th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution, which is marked from February 1-11.
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2026-01-31 20:23
Leader visits Imam Khomeini’s mausoleum ahead of revolution’s 47th anniv.
TEHRAN – Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei visited the mausoleum of Imam Khomeini, the founder of the Islamic Republic, on Saturday ahead of the 47th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution, renewing allegiance to the ideals that reshaped Iran and ended decades of foreign domination.
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2026-01-17 20:46
Over 100 religious scholars back Leader of the Islamic Revolution following the recent unrest
TEHRAN – More than 100 religious scholars from the Islamic world have issued a statement backing Leader of the Islamic Revolution in the face of the recent unrest in Iran backed by the United States and the Israeli regime.
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2025-09-22 17:21
Iran approves museum dedicated to 12-day war with Israel
TEHRAN – Iran has approved the establishment of a museum dedicated to the 12-day war with the Zionist regime of Israel, Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts Minister Seyyed Reza Salehi-Amiri said on Monday.
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2025-07-09 16:57
Emergency protection of Ayatollah Taleqani house, library planned
TEHRAN—Managing director of Tehran Municipality’s Cultural Spaces Development Company, Mohammad Nazem Razavi, gave news of holding a strategic session for renovation of the building facade and emergency protection of the museum house and personal library of late Ayatollah Mahmoud Taleqani.
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2025-06-02 20:59
By Xavier Villar
The political legacy of Imam Khomeini
MADRID – On the 36th anniversary of the passing of Imam Ruhollah Khomeini, the central figure of the 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran, his thought continues to influence not only the political trajectory of the Islamic Republic but also broader debates about the relationship between Islam and politics in the Muslim world.
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2025-06-02 20:53
Khomeini’s line endures
TEHRAN – On the afternoon of March 22, 1963, when the agents of the Pahlavi regime stormed the mourning crowd of students at the Fayziyyah Seminary in Qom—who were commemorating the martyrdom of Imam Ja’far al-Sadiq (AS)—and unleashed their full brutality, the atmosphere of terror was so suffocating that even the city’s hospitals dared not admit the wounded from the savage attack.
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2025-06-02 20:23
By Sayed Mehdi Rizvi
Imam Khomeini: A legacy of spiritual leadership and revolution
MUMBAI - Imam Ruhollah Khomeini, who was born in 1900 in the town of Khomeyn, Iran, was a significant figure in the Islamic world, not only as a religious scholar but also a revolutionary leader.
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2025-02-16 22:47
By Faramarz Kouhpayeh
The day Arafat visited Iran and opened the Palestine embassy
TEHRAN – The first foreign guest who visited Iran to meet with Imam Khomeini in Tehran and congratulate him and the Iranian nation over the victory of the Islamic Revolution in 1979 was the former leader of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Yasser Arafat and his accompanying Palestinian delegation.
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2025-02-10 22:26
Qalibaf: Iran stands firm in defense of Islamic values
TEHRAN – Iran's Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, speaking at a rally in West Azerbaijan Province at the celebratory parades commemorating the 46th anniversary of the victory of the Islamic Revolution on Monday, emphasized the nation's defense of the Islamic Republic, inspired by Imam Khomeini and Ayatollah Khamenei.
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2025-02-10 22:17
By Soheila Zarfam
People's commitment to revolution
Millions of Iranians celebrate 46th anniversary of Islamic Revolution in hundreds of cities across the country
TEHRAN – Millions of Iranians from all walks of life took to the streets on Monday to mark the 46th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution, an event that shaped modern Iranian identity and enabled the population of the world’s oldest nation to determine their own fate after decades of foreign control.
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2025/02/08
By Faramarz Kouhpayeh
46 years later: reflecting on the Shah's final year and where Iran stands now
TEHRAN – This year on February 11th, Iranians mark the 46th anniversary of the victory of the Islamic Revolution, a revolution that changed the course of modern Iranian history, fulfilled decades of popular desire for independence, and inaugurated a new age characterized by domestic confidence and self-reliant advancements.
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2025-02-07 15:43
By Maryam Tavassoli
Educational reform in Iran after Islamic revolution
TEHRAN –Subsequent to the Islamic revolution in 1979, Iran’s education system has experienced great changes thanks to the establishment of the Literacy Movement, and the development of educational infrastructure which have resulted in increased education coverage rate, decreased literacy gap between men and women, and the growth of per capita educational space, particularly in deprived areas.
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2025/02/05
By Faramarz Kouhpayeh
Air Force Day: the day the Shah’s commanders decided to stand by their nation
TEHRAN – On February 8, 1979, a group of Air Force commanders from the Shah's regime went to Imam Khomeini's residence to pledge their allegiance to him, announcing that they were joining the widespread revolutionary movement.
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2025-02-05 17:19
Tourism map dedicated to Islamic Revolution events in Tehran revealed
TEHRAN - The Head of the Tehran Municipality’s Tourism Office announced the launch of a new digital tourism map detailing key locations related to the events of the 1979 Islamic Revolution in Tehran. This map is now accessible online to the public.
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2025/02/05
By Shima Naseri
"What did our revolution give us?"
A book that echoes the voice of lost generations
TEHRAN – The history and revolutions of a country are not just identity cards for a nation but also mirrors reflecting its ideals, dreams, and sometimes its failures.
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2025-02-03 17:49
Photo exhibition by Michel Setboun opens at Niavaran cultural complex
TEHRAN - A special photo exhibition featuring the works of renowned French photographer Michel Setboun is now open to the public at the Niavaran Historical-Cultural Complex in Tehran.
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2025-02-03 15:45
Science production grows noticeably after Islamic revolution
TEHRAN – Science production in Iran has been experiencing a constant rise after the 1979 Islamic revolution, moving up by 33 positions among the world’s countries from 50 in 1980 to 17 in 2024.
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2025-01-31 21:54
Nationwide festivities begin to celebrate Ten-Day Dawn marking victory of Islamic Revolution
TEHRAN – Iranians across the country have officially launched the Ten-Day Dawn celebrations, commemorating the 46th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution that led to the fall of the US-backed Pahlavi monarchy and the establishment of the Islamic Republic.
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2025-01-14 23:48
By Faramarz Kouhpayeh
"The Shah Is Gone"
A look at the day the last Shah of Iran fled the country as protests gained momentum
TEHRAN – "The Shah Is Gone" dominated Iranian newspaper headlines on January 16, 1979, when Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last Shah of Iran, was forced to flee the country in January 1979, less than a month before the Pahlavi dynasty was toppled in the Islamic Revolution.
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2025-01-08 18:02
Late Ayatollah Taleqani’s house registration plate unveiled at Tehran ceremony
TEHRAN - In a ceremony held on Tuesday evening, the registration plate for the late Ayatollah Mahmoud Taleqani’s historic house was officially unveiled, marking its inclusion on Iran’s national cultural heritage list.
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2024-12-25 15:04
Female literacy rate up 2.5 times after Islamic Revolution
TEHRAN –Following the 1979 Islamic Revolution, the literacy rate among women has increased by 2.5 times, the head of the Literacy Movement Organization has said.
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2024-12-03 20:35
By Faramarz Kouhpayeh
Betraying Iran and the Muslim world
A look at Shah’s close relations with ‘Israel’ before the 1979 Islamic Revolution
TEHRAN – The Iranian government under Muhammad Reza Shah Pahlavi initially refused to recognize Israel after its establishment in 1948. However, as time passed and the Shah tightened his grip on power, he established official ties with the occupying regime.