On February 11, known as "the Victory Day of the Islamic Revolution", Iranian people hold celebratory ceremonies with rallies they take part in all over the country.

Iranian people are attending the rallies, carrying Iran flags and banners in support of the Islamic Republic in the capital city of Tehran and more than 1,000 other cities and towns as well as 4,000 villages.

People from all walks of life are chanting slogans such as "Down with the US" and "Down with Israel" during the rallies.

Zeinab Soleimani, the daughter of the Quds forces commander Lieutenant General Qasem Soleimani, will address the rallies.

Demonstrations against the Shah commenced in October 1977 in Iran, developing into a campaign of civil resistance that included both secular and religious elements. The protests rapidly intensified in 1978 as a result of the burning of Rex Cinema which was seen as the main cause of the Revolution.

Between August and December 1978, strikes and demonstrations paralyzed the country. The Shah left Iran for exile on 16 January 1979, as the last Persian monarch, leaving his duties to a regency council and Shapour Bakhtiar who was an opposition-based prime minister. Ayatollah Khomeini was invited back to Iran by the government, and returned to Tehran to a greeting by several million Iranians. The royal reign collapsed shortly after on 11 February when guerrillas and rebel troops overwhelmed troops loyal to the Shah in armed street fighting, bringing Khomeini to official power. Iran voted by national referendum to become an Islamic republic on 1 April 1979 and to formulate and approve a new theocratic-republican constitution whereby Imam Khomeini became supreme leader of the country in December 1979. (ILKHA)