News - Yemen: President Mahdi Al-Mashat, President of Yemen, congratulated the President Ebrahim Raisi, President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, on the occasion of the 44th anniversary of the victory of the Islamic Revolution.

President Al-Mashat expressed his warmest congratulations to the leadership, government and people of Iran, and his sincere wishes for the Islamic Republic of further progress and prosperity.

He considered the steadfastness of the Iranian people and their persistence in completing the course of the revolution as a model for other peoples in liberation from the Western tutelage and domination.

President Al-Mashat stressed the constant keenness to strengthen bilateral relations between the two countries and to continue coordination in all international forums for the benefit of the two countries.

Millions of Iranians have taken to the streets across the country to celebrate the 44th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution that toppled the US-backed Pahlavi regime in 1979.

The rallies in the capital Tehran began at 9:30 a.m. local time (06:00 GMT) on Saturday, with demonstrators from various social strata and different parts of the city marching toward the iconic Azadi (Freedom) Square.

People waved photos of the late founder of the Islamic Revolution Imam Khomeini, Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, and legendary General Qassem Soleimani, who was assassinated in a 2020 US terrorist attack in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, as well as the martyrs of the Revolution.

The mass rallies on the 22nd of Bahman in the Solar Calendar, which correspon with February 11, are held each year with tremendous patriotic fervor in the Islamic Republic of Iran.

The Iranian nation overthrew the despotic regime of Pahlavi, which was fully supported by the United States in the winter of 1979. The struggle against the shah regime reached full fruition on February 11, 1979.

By December 1978, millions of Iranians had taken to the streets in protest against the policies of the shah – Mohammad Reza Pahlavi – on a regular basis.

Imam Khomeini returned to Iran from exile on February 1, 1979. He was received by millions of people weeks after the departure of the shah in mid-January 1979.

The collapse of the Pahlavi regime became certain on February 11 when the military renounced its loyalty to the shah and joined the Revolution.