Iran commemorates 1979 revolution as nation is squeezed by anger over crackdown and tensions with US
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A woman holds a poster of the late commander of Iran's Revolutionary Guard expeditionary Quds Force, Gen. Qassem Soleimani, who was killed in a U.S. drone attack in 2020 in Iraq, as she stands on a banner containing an image of the Israeli flag in an annual rally marking 1979 Islamic Revolution at the Azadi, or Freedom, Street in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)People attend an annual rally marking 1979 Islamic Revolution as the Azadi (Freedom) monument tower is seen at rear in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)A man wears a Uncle Sam's hat as he stands in front of an Iranian-built missile during an annual rally marking 1979 Islamic Revolution at the Azadi (Freedom) sq. in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)People attend an annual rally marking 1979 Islamic Revolution as the Azadi (Freedom) monument tower is seen at rear in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)Policemen stand guard during an annual rally marking 1979 Islamic Revolution as a woman walks at right at the Azadi (Freedom) St. Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
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A woman holds a poster of the late commander of Iran's Revolutionary Guard expeditionary Quds Force, Gen. Qassem Soleimani, who was killed in a U.S. drone attack in 2020 in Iraq, as she stands on a banner containing an image of the Israeli flag in an annual rally marking 1979 Islamic Revolution at the Azadi, or Freedom, Street in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
