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    State rallies in Iran mark 1979 Islamic Revolution

    TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's state TV is showing tens of thousands of pro-government demonstrators rallying across the country to mark the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution.

    A real-size model of the U.S. drone RQ-170 Sentinel, captured by Iran in December near the border with Afghanistan, is on display at the rally in Tehran's famous Azadi, or Freedom, square.

    Iran has touted the drone's capture as one of its chief successes against the West. The TV report says the drone is a "symbol of power" of the Iranian armed forces "against the global arrogance" of the U.S.

    President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is to address the Tehran demonstration on Saturday.

    The 1979 revolution toppled Iran's pro-west monarchy and brought Islamic clerics to power.

    (This version CORRECTS date to Saturday.)

     

    21 comments

    • Ernest  •  Ellettsville, Indiana  •  3 mths ago
      We are responsible for what Iran is today. As Christof Probst pointed out, we overthrew their democratically elected President, installed a brutal autocrat who ruled w/ an iron fist for a quarter century all for oil.... If this had happened here, them doing that to us, how do you think we'd feel? It would create all kinds of zealous opposition to them.. We in the West, and in American in particular lack historical perspective. We are amazingly tunnel visioned.
    • Ted Stosterone  •  3 mths ago
      Yes, celebrating the day they made their FIRST MOVES to invite their own destruction....

      A GREAT DAY INDEED!!!

      (tick tock tick tock tick tock tick tock) !!!
    • Mister Final  •  3 mths ago
      The "Revolution" destined to help the ruling elite??? Hey, they should be proud!
    • DavidI  •  Dayton, Ohio  •  3 mths ago
      Designing, building and flying the drone is a symbol of power. Finding and keeping junk that's been crashed is the symbol of a vagrant.
      • RH 3 mths ago
        Junk worth multi millions.
      • trickytrunk 3 mths ago
        look at the poster of it ,it reads isreal must be wiped off the scene.crazy,,,,the one with little kid and drone in background
    • James  •  3 mths ago
      This post will not be popular because it's the truth.The Iranian revoultion was to overthrow the Shah who the Untied States installed after the CIA overthrew their elected government in 1953.What would we do if a foreign government did that to us?
      • Mark 3 mths ago
        One hopes not install a theocratic totalitarian supreme government wrapped in a faux democracy. Yes, they overthrew the Shah and then, once the theocrats were firmly in control, they purged anyone who was not with them. Many of their fellow Revolutionaries, died, were suppressed or exiled.
    • TUAN  •  3 mths ago
      Yeah rally your people because Iran know that either war is coming or the people will rebel against the government for the shortage of food supplies. Same old routine. Iranian people should wake up and rebel against your government. The time has come to fight for your freedom !!! Free Iran from Tyranny !!!! Egypt and Lybia did it. Soon to be Syria as well. Why can you ??? Live free or die !!!! I am sure that a lot of country will want to help the Iranian people rebel against Admadinejad regime !!!! Down with terrorist sponsor state !!!!
    • Belinda  •  3 mths ago
      Prior to 1979 the brutal dictator Shah Mohamad Reeza Palavi ruled Iran. Palavi gave away 85% of Iran's oil resource wealth away to foreign oil entities, the remaining 15% went to the Iranian people. The C.I.A. deposed the democratically elected President Mossadegh in 1953 and installed the user-friendly Shah Palavi. The Iranians will never submit themselves to the pseudo-Semitic parasites that fondly call themselves jews. The jews have handed the Americans poverty and now the Americans hand the jews their "old gold and unwanted gold jewelry".
    • riprap  •  New York, New York  •  3 mths ago
      1979 the year the Iran leadership made" blind hate" a religious pastime.
      • RH 3 mths ago
        It was not blind hate. The U.S. and England gave them plenty of reason to hate.
      • riprap 3 mths ago
        RH, You're wrong
      • deepwater 3 mths ago
        Hating is what they do. It's in their DNA. If it wasn't for hate, iranians wouldn't have anything to do...
    • jack  •  3 mths ago
      Paid protesters. The only way they can make a living there now.
    • More Betta  •  Kahului, Hawaii  •  3 mths ago
      Where are the fockin idiots claiming that Irans citizens love Americans or America, claiming it would be a crime to blast these fools back to the time of Mohammed. Kill each and everyone of these Koranimals. No love lost for these idiots, twisted and backwards people who matter of factly have not positively contributed anything to human kind in over 1000 years. Fockin idiots
      • herman 3 mths ago
        very well said Kasra !!!! you sound like you know how things are in iran
        few people really know the truth !!! as like north korea the people of NK dosen't know about the outside !!
        but many people remember how good it was before cleric rule !!
        all i know for sure i hear from Iranians that has lived in iran and now have escaped to another place !! straight from the mouth of someone that lived there
      • Jaffar 3 mths ago
        We left behind Kasras! Leave my land Kasi!
    • Dave  •  Derry, New Hampshire  •  3 mths ago
      Could be their last party.
    • Iran-Immortals  •  3 mths ago
      Sorry, but way more than "tens of thousands"... more like "millions"...
      All these pressures by Zio-Western hegemony will soon backfire, and turn Iran into a much more powerful nation.
      • kasra 3 mths ago
        Okay time is up brainwashed basiji. go back to Sandis protesting.
      • Iran-Immortals 3 mths ago
        I am not basiji, and I don't favor the current regime. When it's about Iran's domestic issues, I support Iranians to have democratic regime. But this is a different story, it's about Iran vs. foreign aggression.
      • Iran-Immortals 3 mths ago
        Read your history Kasra, a weak regime will destroy Iran and tear it into pieces. Regimes come and go; but throughout history, weak regimes have not only been dictatorial to their own people, but also slaves to foreigners & destroyed Iran's integrity.
    • Dsf  •  Intercourse, Pennsylvania  •  3 mths ago
      They don't get tired of this clown rallies every year? can't they see that their problems all from their leaders. The shah is gone 30 years ago, and US has no relationship with Iran for more than 30 years. Time for Iranians to tell the Mullahs : enough is enough.
    • Freedom  •  Denver, Colorado  •  3 mths ago
      In Egypt the USA/Israel puppet government murder and tortured 10s of thousands over last last several decades. If the Zionist gain control in Iran the same will happen.
    • Koranus  •  3 mths ago
      And we will celebrate when these dogs are consumed in a mushroom cloud.
    • ahg47  •  3 mths ago
      i pray to jesus Iran gets the bomb soon so they can drop one on our nazi US gov in washington
    • Christof Pröbst  •  3 mths ago
      TPAJAX must have really irritated them. But then, if a foreign power overthrew my democracy and installed a tyrant in my country who ruled with an iron fist for a quarter century all for oil I'd probably be a little miffed too.
    • Supream1  •  3 mths ago
      But in Ten year there will be a new Anniversary 10 yr of Iran being the poorest oil producing nation in the world or the begining of a new Iranian Government
    • Lorthog  •  3 mths ago
      I learned all I needed to know about Islam on September 11, 2001.
    • Hebrew  •  Fort Lauderdale, Florida  •  3 mths ago
      ooooooh that's so annoying.
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