Imam Khomeini: An Islamic country must be Islamic in essence.

Sahifeh- ye- Imam, V 8, P 432

Iranians begin nationwide rallies against Global Arrogance

Iranians from all walks of life have taken to the streets across the country to mark the anniversary of the US embassy takeover, better known as “Den of Espionage”, which is named the National Day against the Global Arrogance.

Imam left no property except ancestral home

Just months after the victory of the Islamic Revolution in 1979, Imam Khomeini declared his assets details and instructed other relevant government authorities to follow the suit.

The Islamic Revolution in Iran and Women's role

Appeal for high turnout in Nov. 4 rallies to prove US, Israel defeat in recent anti-Iranian plots

Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says massive demonstrations all across the country on November 4 to commemorate the National Day against the Global Arrogance would manifest the fiasco of latest US-Israeli conspiracies and hybrid war against the Islamic Republic.

A day to oppose global arrogance, national struggle against aggressive powers

In 1979, a group of Iranian university students took over the US embassy, which they maintained had turned into a center of espionage aimed at overthrowing the Islamic Republic in Iran following the country’s Islamic Revolution earlier in 1979. Imam Khomeini stressed, “I have said it times and again that takeover of the US embassy by Muslim youth and students was a natural reaction to the harm being done to our people by America.”

Leader says 1953 coup, not embassy takeover, ‘starting point’ in US-Iran row

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has dismissed as a “lie” the US assertion that the 1979 takeover of their embassy in Tehran is what set off the ongoing dispute between Iran and the United States, saying the "starting point" of the row goes back to the CIA-orchestrated coup of 1953.

Iranians rally nationwide to denounce terrorist attack in Shiraz

Protesters rallied across Iran, including in the capital Tehran, following Friday prayers. They chanted slogans and held banners calling for bringing those responsible to justice.