Iran celebrates 34th anniversary of Islamic Revolution

Iranians stage mass rallies across the country to mark the 34th anniversary of the victory of the 1979 Islamic Revolution that put an end to the monarchy in the country, Press TV reports. 

People in the capital Tehran and many other cities and towns started to take to streets on Sunday morning to reaffirm their allegiance to the ideals of the late founder of the Islamic Republic Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.

Special ceremonies were held at home and abroad on January 31, the day that Ayatollah Khomeini returned to the Iranian capital, Tehran, on February 1, 1979 after a 15-year exile in Paris.

The day of Imam Khomeini's return to Iran marks the beginning of celebrations, dubbed Ten Days of Dawn, which culminate in the anniversary of the victory of the Islamic Revolution on February 10.