Leader Pays Tribute to Imam Khomeini

Date: 31 January 2018 - 21:55

News ID: ۴۹۵۷۳

TEHRAN (Dispatches) -- Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei on Wednesday morning paid tribute to the late founder of the Islamic Republic, Imam Khomeini, one day before the beginning of Ten-Day Fajr (Dawn) ceremonies, marking the victory of the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
Ayatollah Khamenei visited the mausoleum of Imam Khomeini south of Tehran as well as the graves of martyrs at the Behesht-e Zahra Cemetery.
President Hassan Rouhani and his cabinet ministers similarly visited the mausoleum to pay their respects.
The Iranian nation toppled the U.S.-backed Pahlavi regime 38 years ago on February 11, 1979, ending the 2,500 years of monarchic rule in the country.
The revolution, led by the late Imam Khomeini, established a new political system based on Islamic values and democracy.
Every year Iranians mark the anniversary of their Islamic Revolution from February 1 to 11, known as the Ten-Day Fajr ceremonies. February 1, 1979 was the date when Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini returned from exile in Paris to Tehran.