2 February 2011 - 20:30

Iranian public and officials paid tribute to the Founder of the Islamic Republic, the late Imam Khomeini.

(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - Iranian public and officials paid tribute to the Founder of the Islamic Republic, the late Imam Khomeini. 

They attended the mausoleum of the late Imam Khomeini in southern Tehran here Thursday morning.

During the ceremony the public and the officials, who represented various ministries and organizations, renewed their allegiance with the ideals of the Founder of the Islamic Republic in the country.

The ceremony coincided with the third day of the annual Fajr 10-Day celebrations which marks the victory of the Islamic Revolution in 1979.

Fajr means 'dawn' in Persian. The nationwide Fajr celebrations cover a span of ten days because it took ten days from when the late Imam Khomeini returned to Tehran after years-long exile on February 1, 1979 till the victory of the revolution which happened on February 11.

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