the islamic revolution of iran in 1979 under the leadership of grand ayatollah khameini was a turning point in the history of the region. it put an end to the tyranny of muhammad reza shah who had been under thrown for almost four decades. at the same time the revolution broke. brought down the curtain on years of foreign interference in the country's domestic affairs. as a result, the americans lost their main bastian in the region as they were expelled from the country in the aftermath of the revolution, but it didn't stop there.

are celebrating the 45th anniversary of the victory of the islamic revolution in iran, led by ayatollah khameini, the revolution saw the overthrow of the us and israeli backed shah, mohammed rodha pahlavi and the establishment of the islamic republic of iran. this week's show explores the factors that brought about the revolution, including imam khumeini's focus on drawing inspiration from islam and the shariah to center the new government's foreign policy around support for palestine. and opposition to the zionist entity. first we look at the background to the events that led to the victory of the revolution. on february 1st, 1979, ayatollah landed in tehran to mark the end of 2,500 years of dynastic rule and the victory of the islamic revolution in iran, but it was the culmination of many decades of struggle by imam khumeini and his followers. allah was only two years old when his father was killed by wealthy local clans over his activism against the unjust landlord practices, and perhaps it was that spirit of activism and justice that ran through the veins of the young ruhullah. he was raised

york times, the middle east resistance network came into being on february 1st, 1979 when ayatollah ruhullah khameini flew into tehran from paris, capping an iranian revolution. that gave birth to the iranian islamic republic that would attempt to drive america out of the region and israel out of existence and thank you for being with us and i invite you to go back to our main narrative. the islamic revolution was a revolt against imposed order in the region established after the second world war. the iranian nation did not want to remain under the yoke of global arrogance neither the east nor the west. the country. resented imperialism of any kind. we ask mr. bahonar to elaborate on this revolutionary slogan. his slogan was neither the east nor the west. it was something new. in no countries, even in no revolutions other than the islamic revolution such as slogan was chanted. not even in cuba, libya or iraq. they couldn't even... imagine chanding such slogan, they thought that they had to be either with the eastern block or the western block, but iran insisted its stance and disrupted the status quo

iran was also memorable, especially his meeting with the leader of the islamic revolution, ayatollah ali khameini who expressed deep happiness seeing sheikh zazaki and his wife. we will continue what has has been started. thing has stopped, you know, the attempt by the last regime was to to fight us once, to remove as one, once and for all, but alhamdulillah, now they can see that we have been uh continuing with our own activities all through their eight years of tyrannical route, sheikh zazaki and his wife zenat were severely injured following attack on their home and place of worship by soldiers of the nigerian military which resulted in the killing of over 340 zazaki supporters. zazaki lost six of his sons. sheikh zazaki's followers arrived here to express their happiness for his safe return after successful medical trip. thousands of others did not attend this event and welcome their leader in person, but they've kept the islamic cloric. in their prayers danj abdullahi press tv abuja that's a rap for now let's stick around there's planning more to come here on press tv see you soon. this is m

are celebrating the 45th anniversary of the victory of the islamic revolution in iran, led by ayatollah khameini, the revolution saw the overthrow of the us and israeli backed shah.