In pictures: Iranians mark 42nd anniversary of Islamic Revolution

42 years on, Iranians have turned out on the streets to commemorate an Islamic Revolution that put an end to decades of monarchical rule in the country. In 1979, Imam Khomeini returned from exile and under his leadership, the Shah’s government was overthrown following a massive public uprising.

Iran’s Islamic Revolution under Imam Khomeini leadership helped revival of Islam across globe

Islamic Revolution, a great dawn coming after long night

Bahrain’s most prominent Shia cleric Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim has described the Islamic Revolution as a “great dawn” that came after a long night that had distanced the Islamic community from divine guidance.

Islamic Revolution turned Iran into democracy

American professor Richard Anderson Falk says the 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran that toppled a US-backed regime turned the country into a democracy.

Iranians benefited tremendously from the 1979 Islamic Revolution

Islamic Revolution left deep influence across globe

The Islamic Revolution under the leadership of Imam Khomeini left deep impact cultural and spiritual across various parts of the world

Divine character of the holy daughter of honorable prophet of Islam

Imam Khomeini, the leader of contemporary Muslim world, through his speeches and historic messages stessed that if the mankind and human societies follow the divine character of the lady Fatima (PBUH), they could be relived form all social and moral declines.

The Ten-Day Dawn celebrations kicked off across Iran and elsewhere in world

The annual festivities started on Sunday morning, commemorating the moment the late founder of the Islamic Republic, Imam Khomeini, disembarked from an Air France jumbo jet to a massive welcome back home, ending his exile in Paris.