The Revolution Turns 39: The View from Tehran

The meaning of the revolution does not belong to one person or group, rather, the the overthrow of the Shah in 1979 represents part of a struggle for democracy that reaches back over 100 years.

by Shervin Malekzadeh

Give or take a few thousand years, Iran turns thirty-nine today, February 11. As part of the official commemorations for the anniversary of the 1979 Revolution, or what is known in Iran as the “ten days of dawn” (daheye fajr), state television will broadcast archival footage from that period, including scenes and images unimaginable…