President Nicolás Maduro greeted the people and the Government of Iran for the anniversary of the movement with which the current Persian republic was founded.
“Iran celebrates 44 years of the victory of the Islamic Revolution, a benchmark in the fight against imperialism,” the president said on Twitter this Saturday.
In the message, the head of state sent a “hug to the great Persian nation that with courage, perseverance and sacrifice has managed to overcome difficulties and defeat powerful enemies.”
Venezuelan AN also sent greetings
Last Tuesday, February 7, the Venezuelan Parliament greeted the 44th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution of Iran which is commemorated on February 11.
Pedro Infante, the first vice president of the National Assembly, highlighted the cooperation ties that Venezuela and Iran maintain, despite the coercive measures that both nations have.
“We want to greet the Iranian people in the framework of the celebration on February 11, where they celebrate the 44 years of the Islamic Revolution of Iran, from this parliament, we send to the Islamic Revolution of Iran,” said Infante.
He recalled the visit of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Iran, Hossein Amir Abdollahian, on February 3, where they held a meeting to strengthen cooperation issues, mainly by the Venezuela-Iran parliamentary friendship group.
Mass mobilizations in Iran
Shocking images circulated this Saturday of a massive march in Tehran, the Iranian capital, and other places in the Persian country that reported the participation of hundreds of thousands of people who demonstrated to commemorate 44 years of the triumph of the Islamic Revolution.
With marches and parades, Iranians took to the streets of more than 1,400 cities and 38,000 towns across the country on Saturday to commemorate the victory of the 1979 Islamic Revolution over a US-backed dictatorial regime, reported HispanTV.
The commemorative marches of the 44th anniversary of the victory of the Islamic Revolution began both in Tehran and in more than 1,400 cities and 38,000 towns in the Middle Eastern nation and millions of Iranians are counted in the streets.
With slogans against the hostile policies of Western countries, especially the US and Israel, millions of demonstrators marched with banners alluding to the date, and with photos of the late founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Imam Khomeini, the Leader of the Islamic Revolution. , Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei, and Lieutenant General Qasem Soleimani, killed in a US terrorist attack in January 2020 in Baghdad, the Iraqi capital.