On March 30 and 31, 1979, over 98.2 percent of eligible voters approved the founding of an Islamic Republic in the country.
The day was designated as the Islamic Republic Day on the country’s national calendar and is a national holiday.
The Islamic Revolution, under the leadership of Ayatollah Khomeini, led to the toppling of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi on February 11, 1979.
The collapse of the Shah and the Pahlavi regime marked the overthrow of the 2,500-year monarchy in Iran.
Amirabdillahian made the plea in a meeting with Ziyad Nakhaleh, Secretary General of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad Movement and his entourage in Tehran.
In the meeting, Amirabdollahian praised the important role of the Islamic Jihad Movement in defending the rights of the Palestinian people and standing up against the usurping Zionist regime’s aggression.
Amirabdollahian described the unity of the resistance groups in Palestine including the Gaza Strip in the ongoing battle as a valuable manifestation of the Palestinian people.
The Iranian foreign minister said despite all the hardships the Palestinians have gone through, they have scored great victories at various political, legal and international fields as well as on the battlefield.
Ziyad Nakhaleh, Secretary General of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad Movement, for his part said the Islamic Republic of Iran is a true supporter for the Palestinian people, al-Quds and the Muslim world.
He added that despite the six months of unequal war waged by the Zionist regime against the Gaza Strip and the full political, international, and military support by the United States for this regime, the Palestinian people and resistance did not let the Zionist regime achieve its strategic goals.
The secretary general of the Islamic Jihad Movement went on to say that in the past six months of Israeli war on Gaza, the friends and enemies of the Palestinian people were unmasked.
The team faced off with the Philippine Women’s Ice Hockey team in the final match of Asia and Oceania and beat them 4-0.
On Friday, the Iranian team defeated India 10-0.
This is the second time that Iranian women contest the Asian cup.
The team came second in the previous tournament that happened in Thailand in 2023.
The prayer ceremony was the largest in Iran where worshippers held vigil and recited prayers until dawn, when they eat Suhur, the morning meal, to get ready for a fasting day in Ramadan.
The Holy Qur’an was revealed to the Prophet Muhammad over 14 centuries ago at Laylat al-Qadr, or the Night of Destiny.
Muslims pray to God and ask for forgiveness during the night when their prayers will be awarded manifold.
The nights also have a special status for Shia Muslims when Imam Ali was martyred in 661 AD.
Watch the pictures of the event in Imam Reza’s shrine.
Muslims believe that the three-night prayers on the 19th, 21st, and 23rd of the holy fasting month of Ramadan will cleanse their souls of their sins.
Laylat al-Qadr is also concurrent with the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Ali, the first Shia Imam.
Below you can find the pictures of the spiritual ceremony at Imamzadeh Saleh in Tehran’s Darband neighborhood:
The head of the traffic police General Ahmad Shirani also reported that over 17,400 people have been injured in the accidents since March 20.
The highest number of the deaths happened in Kerman, Fars, Sistan and Baluchestan, Isfahan, Khorassan Razavi, and Khuzestan provinces.
Meanwhile, the police have imposed restrictions in the highly congested road from the northern city of Chalus to the capital Tehran to facilitate the return of the travelers in the final days of the 13-day holidays.
Iran has one of the world’s worst records of tragic incidents on the roads mainly due to poor maintenance of the roads and reckless driving.
The largest mass prayers in Iran was held in the northeastern holy city of Mashhad at the shrine of Imam Reza, the eighth Shia Imam, which hosted millions of worshippers from across the country and even abroad.
In Laylat al-Qadr, which is a night believed to be worth more than a thousand months, worshippers pray and ask God for forgiveness.
According to religious texts angels descend on the earth on this night to listen to the prayers of the worshippers.
The exact night of Laylat al-Qadr is a matter of dispute based on religious documents, so people hold mass prayers on three different nights, the 19th, 21st, and 23rd of the holy fasting month of Ramadan.
The source, talking to IRNA, referred to trend of positive developments in the relations between Tehran and Baku, saying some good agreements have been reached by the two sides in this regard.
The source added that Iran and Azerbaijan plan to hold diplomatic meetings after the reopening of the Azeri embassy in Tehran.
According to the source in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as part of the existing agreements, Iran will send a new ambassador to Baku as the tenure of outgoing ambassador Mr. Mousavi has already ended.
The Azerbaijani embassy in Tehran closed after an armed man attacked it on January 27, 2023, killing an embassy staffer.
The man was immediately arrested by Iran’s police. But the Azeri government criticized Iran over the attack and recalled its ambassador to Tehran.
The attacker identified as Yasin Hosseinzadeh was however put on trial by Iran and was sentenced to death in February 2024.
Nasser Kanaani called on the international community and the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to move beyond condemning “these aggressive invasions” and take preventive measures and hold the Israeli regime to account.
The spokesperson said, “These attacks are a clear violation of international law and regulations, and breach Syria’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, and are a serious threat to regional and international peace and security.”
The senior Iranian diplomat noted that the attacks synchronized and were simultaneous with the attacks by the terrorist groups on the ground in other parts of Syria.
He said, it is a clear evidence that Israel supports terrorist groups and currents in Syria, which for many years have targeted the national security of Syria and the security of the region and have claimed the lives of thousands of innocent people.
He also expressed his condolences to the Syrian government and nation, as well as the families of the dead. At least 42 Syrians including 36 troops were killed in Israel’s raids on Aleppo.
Meanwhile, the Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson referred to Israel’s war on the Gaza Strip, adding, “The aggressive strikes on Syria are a desperate and shameful attempt to continue and expand the crisis in the region aimed at restoring the regime’s failed image in front of the Palestinian nation and the resistance groups.”
“It is an international and global responsibility to deal with the dangerous adventurism that breaches the security and stability of the region,” he said.
In an interview with Fars news agency, Ali Noroozi touched on the AEOI’s achievements during the past Iranian year, which finished on March 20.
He said, “In the past year, the Department of Advanced Technologies introduced two products, the first one is related to the separation of tellurium isotopes, and the other one is the manufacture of spectrophotometer equipment, which is used in nuclear fusion.”
Noroozi explained that spectrophotometer is a highly accurate advanced diagnostic tool in nuclear fusion, and since the device is indigenously built, it puts Iran among the few countries in the world that possess the technology.
The atomic agency organization’s deputy head said Iran is planning to expand its peaceful nuclear programs in the Persian New Year, adding “We expect to gain a deserved status in the field of nuclear fusion in the next few years.”
Noroozi further noted that Iran is planning to unveil the stable isotope separation chain of iridium in the New Year, which he said is an important matter and a big step forward in radiography and diagnostic issues that have been hit hard by US-led Western sanctions.
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