It has been forty years for the Revolution in Iran

Written by Nasser Kandil,

On such days before forty years the late Imam Ruhollah Al Mosawi Al Khomeini returned back from his exile in Paris to Iran, millions awaited him in the streets, this led to a political popular tsunami that ended after few days with the victory of the revolution which changed Iran and the region, Iran tuned into politics-maker that has its own prints in the major international events. As the revolution has its first steps at the era of the late Imam, it continued its course under the leadership of the Imam Ali Al Khamenaei adopted three clear titles; First, the independence of the national decision of the country and its basis only on the national interests of the Iranian people. Second, the establishment of industrial, agricultural, and technical self- sustaining essentials within a clear path to possess the elements of the superpowers in the fields of the economic growth and the scientific progress. Third, considering the choice of resisting an inseparable part of the seeking for an influential status in the international and regional policies, as the Imam Al Khomenei said when he arrived to Tehran on the eve of the victory of the revolution “Today Iran, and tomorrow Palestine”.

Iran withstood for four decades against the political, military, and economical pressures which wanted to bring it to the negotiation at the expense of its independent decision and to make it understand that stability and construction have their cost “the compromising on its independence”, so it was exposed to the fiercest wars, harshest sanctions and all kinds of siege, demonization, and defamation, but this did not weaken it or made it accepted the offers of bargaining, on the contrary, Iran  built the sources of its military force and developed its arming capacities with self-potential that made it militarily one of the most powerful countries in the world, especially in the field of missiles. In the economic field, Iran succeeded in building the elements of food self-sustaining by depending on its natural sources and human capacities. It developed techniques and innovated solutions, moreover it created generations of innovators in the fields of medicine, physics, math, and atomic science, most importantly is its achievement the advanced levels in its nuclear program with Iranian national capabilities. In politics, Iran succeeded in building a strong political regime that is open to the internal political pluralism and which is coherent in confronting the external dangers. There were parties and newspapers that reflect the presence of an opposition, but at the same time Iran seemed in all difficult situations unbreakable.

The most important achievement of Iran was its solid standing among the ranks of the resistance movements, it was the support of the resistance in Lebanon and Palestine, and the emergence of the resistance forces in Iraq and Yemen, and most importantly its historic standing with Syria in the face of the unjust war that targeted it and targeted its position in the axis of resistance. Now Iran is celebrating its forty years of the victory of its Islamic Revolution along with the nationalists, leftists, revolutionists, and liberals from every doctrine and thought, because it has supported the Palestinian cause and the choice of the resistance sincerely, while most of the Arab governments which have funds that exceed Iran’s capabilities failed in achieving any growth or progress. Although they promised of restoring the Arab rights usurped by the occupation entity due to their relation with the west at the forefront America , but they got the normalization with the occupation entity and  the promotion for the deal of the century and the abandonment of Jerusalem.

In the Revolutionary Days of Iran, all the Arab fighters and believers in the right of Palestine, its people, and its resistance greet Iran, its leadership, people, and activists and ensure their cohesion until the complete liberation of the land of Palestine and the eradication of the cancerous gland represented by the occupation entity as a military barrack in favor of the projects of the American hegemony. The example of Iran the revolution and the country will remain a permanent source of inspiration that assures the ability of stability, the sticking to the option of independence and rights, and the ability of people to protect their freedom and sovereignty.

Translated by Lina Shehadeh,