Iranian crowds chanted against America and Israel to support Gaza (Al Jazeera)

Tehran -

In defiance of the bitter cold and difficult economic conditions, Iranian crowds commemorated this Sunday morning the 45th anniversary of the victory of the revolution, and each of them had his own story with it, between those who participated in its events and regretted it, and others who opposed it at first, then found in it a factor of strength in a world that only respects the strong.

In front of the University of Tehran in the center of the capital, Iranian citizen “Thoraya” (66 years old) said that she participated in the events of the revolution by organizing demonstrations against the Pahlavi regime during her studies at the university, and she explained to Al Jazeera Net that she “still adheres to her covenant with the revolution, for which she sacrificed her eldest son.” In the Iran-Iraq war (1980-1988).

While the crowds continued to march towards the “Islamic Revolution” square, “Uncle Sasan” (58 years old) approached the Al Jazeera Net correspondent, wanting to share his experience with the Iranian revolution, and said that he and his family had not previously participated in the activities commemorating the revolution.

Iran showcases a number of its military achievements on the 45th anniversary of the victory of its revolution (Al Jazeera)

Various concerns

Uncle Sasan explained that for the first time he was participating in the “Bahman marches” to denounce Western arrogance in its support for the Israeli aggression on Gaza, stressing that he had come to see “the Iranian revolution and the Islamic Republic as a factor of strength in a world that only respects the strong,” as he put it.

Not far from the Islamic Revolution Square, where the revelers continue their marches towards Freedom Square, located west of Tehran, the sixty-year-old man, “Kamran” (a pseudonym), appears resentful of the chants of “Death to America and Death to Israel,” even though he had experienced the bitterness of imprisonment in the cells of the Pahlavi regime, due to his participation. In distributing the statements of the leader of the revolution, Ayatollah Khomeini, which he was sending from his exile in Paris.

Speaking to Al Jazeera Net, Kamran was keen to say that he did not come to “Azadi Street” leading to Freedom Square to participate in the Bahman marches, but rather he was forced to cross it to reach “Tawhid Square” to visit his relatives, stressing that he deeply regretted his participation in the 1979 revolution. “Because it deviated from its goals,” he accused some of its symbols of deceiving the Iranian street by painting an ideal picture of the era after the overthrow of the monarchy, he said.

The return of Imam Khomeini from Paris to Tehran marked the moment of victory for the Islamic Revolution in Iran (Iranian press)

Revolution Charter

Kamran’s statement about “the Iranian revolution’s deviation from its goals” came as a confirmation of the statements of Masoumeh Ebtekar, former Iranian Vice President Hassan Rouhani, in which she acknowledged - on the eve of the 45th anniversary of the Iranian Revolution - that the revolution had deviated from its goals, stressing in an interview with the “Arman Melli” newspaper that the Iranian people had He welcomed the revolution with full awareness after being clearly informed of its goals.

To learn about the picture drawn by the leaders of the Iranian revolution about the features of the post-overthrow of the Pahlavi regime, and whether Iranian circles have actually retreated from the principles of the revolution during the past decades, Al Jazeera Net asked the reformist political activist, former mayor of Tehran, Morteza Alaviri, who responded in the affirmative without hesitation.

Alweri attributed the reason why the Iranian segments welcomed the revolution to the ideal picture drawn by the founder of the Islamic Republic, Khomeini, from his exile - in the village of Nouvelle-Le Chateau, southwest of Paris - about the next stage, stressing that some parties worked during the past years to empty the “Nouvelle-Le Chateau Charter” of its content.

Iranian girls express support for Gaza by wearing the Palestinian keffiyeh scarf (Al Jazeera)

Alweri explained that Iranian public opinion revolted against the previous monarchy in order to establish an ideal, just and democratic political system that aspires to deal constructively with the world and uproots corruption. He stressed that the Revolutionary Charter, which was codified in France during the months preceding the Shah’s escape from Iran, was able to transform Persia became “the Japan of the Middle East,” but the country was set on a path to be a model for “North Korea in the Middle East,” he said.

The Iranian political activist summarized the most important points of what he called the “Nouvelle Le Chateau Charter” of the Iranian Revolution as achieving justice among citizens of all intellectual and political trends, the absence of mechanisms for filtering elections, including “desirable censorship,” ensuring freedom of the media, and adopting a foreign policy that serves national interests. While the economy and improving the living situation constitute the main concern of the authorities.

Alweri saw that the Islamic Republic of Iran is suffering from many economic, environmental, administrative and organizational challenges, due to some political movements confiscating the revolution’s charter and goals for their own factional interests. He described national reconciliation as the first step to neutralizing the dangers facing the country and working to establish the state whose features were drawn by Khomeini from his exile for the post-overthrow phase. By the Shah.

The Iranian nuclear program constitutes one of the successes of the Islamic Revolution, but it is one of the files of political crises with abroad (European)

"Tremendous achievements"

As for the conservative diplomat and former Iranian ambassador to Australia and Mexico, Mohammad Hassan Qaderi Abyaneh, he denies that his country has retreated from the principles and goals of the revolution, and describes “the accusations directed at the Islamic Republic in its 45th year as politicized,” adding that it “has achieved tremendous achievements in restoring the country’s independence and freedom, as well as "The great developments that have been achieved at various scientific, economic and military levels."

In an interview with Al Jazeera Net, Abyaneh stressed that revolutionary Tehran dazzled the world in its military and scientific industries, as it ranked first in scientific acceleration, seventh in missile and defense industries, fifth in the production of high-energy lasers, and ranked fourth in treating infertility and assisted fertilization. It is the eighth largest in the aerospace industry, not to mention that it has become the largest exporter of gasoline in the Middle East.

When he pointed out that more than 98% of the Iranian people voted in favor of the establishment of the Islamic Republic and its religious values ​​during the referendum held at the end of March 1979, he considered the accusations directed against his country regarding the hijab and freedom to be false, and that the absolute freedom claimed by the West contradicts human dignity, to the extent recipe.

An Iranian woman is keen to attend the march in a wheelchair (Al Jazeera)

He added that the Islamic Republic could have been better than it is, especially in the economy, attributing the reason to “enemy plans and Western sanctions targeting the Iranian people,” stressing that Tehran will not surrender to external pressures, and will do everything in its power to nullify their effect.

Following the controversy surrounding whether the Iranian revolution fulfilled its promises and whether it deviated from its principles, Hassan Khomeini, the grandson of the founder of the Islamic Republic, said that the leaders of the revolution had promised the Iranian people to achieve “independence, freedom, religious rule, and development,” warning - when he received members of the Expediency Discernment Council. - That “weakening any of these principles will lead to undermining the roots of the revolution and the Islamic regime.”

Source: Al Jazeera