Iran marks Islamic Republic Day
In a two-day referendum held on March 30-31 after the 1979
victory of the Islamic Revolution, over 98.2 percent of the
Iranians voted "yes" to the establishment of an Islamic
Republic.
Addressing a Sunday cabinet meeting in Tehran, Iran's President
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said the day, Farvardin 12 in the Iranian
calendar, marked the birthday of the Islamic Republic of Iran,
Press TV reported.
"On this day, the blood of thousands of martyrs that prepared the
ground for the establishment of the Islamic state bore fruit," the
president said.
The establishment of the system was in line with the popular motto
of the 1979 Islamic Revolution that called for the country's
"Independence, Freedom and an Islamic Republic" against the regime
of Iran's last monarch Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.
Since then, the nation annually celebrates Farvardin 12, which
falls on April 1 in normal years and March 31 in leap years, as the
anniversary of the establishment of the Islamic Republic of Iran,
referred to as the Islamic Republic Day.
With the 1979 Islamic Revolution, the Pahlavi regime collapsed,
putting an end to 2,500 years of monarchic rule in the country.
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