Leader Visits Imam Khomeini Mausoleum on First Day of Ten-Day Dawn Celebrations

TEHRAN (IQNA) – Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei on Sunday morning visited the mausoleum of Imam Khomeini, south of Tehran.

Sunday is the beginning of the Ten0Day Fajr (Dawn) celebrations marking the 42^nd anniversary of the Islamic Revolution’s victory.

Ayatollah Khamenei paid tribute to the late founder of the Islamic Republic and said prayers and recited the Quran at the mausoleum.

The Leader also visited the graves of the martyrs of the Islamic Revolution and the Sacred Defense (1980-1988 Iraqi-imposed war) at Tehran’s Behesht Zahra Cemetery.

Millions of Iranians across the country observe ten days of celebrations in February every year marking the anniversary of the victory of the revolution that put an end to the monarchy of the US-backed Pahlavi regime in the country.

The day of Imam Khomeini’s return to Iran marks the beginning of the Ten Days of Dawn, which culminates with the anniversary of the victory of the Islamic Revolution on February 11.

The Iranian nation toppled the US-backed Pahlavi regime 42 years ago, ending the 2,500 years of monarchic rule in the country.

The Islamic Revolution spearheaded by the late Imam Khomeini established a new political system based on Islamic values and democracy.

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