The bitter 43rd anniversary of Iran’s Islamic Revolution

A commemoration that went from celebration to discontent. On the 43rd anniversary of the Islamic Revolution in Iran, thousands of people used the occasion to burn US flags and condemn the new negotiations of the Iran nuclear agreement.

“Death to the United States” and “Death to Israel” were some of the slogans on the posters that were seen in the marches, something that is already common in any celebration in the country.

It was perhaps because of this discontent and security that Iranian President Ebrahim Raisí did not give his speech in Azadi Square, one of the symbols of the revolution.

Instead, he delivered a speech at Tehran’s Mosala mosque, adorned with huge photos of the leader of the revolution Ruhollah Khomeini and Qasem Soleimani, a former general leading the Guardians’ Quds Force, assassinated by the US in 2020.

The president was interrupted several times by the shouts of the public. In his speech he stated that his foreign policy remains focused on the economic independence of Iran.

However, his government is immersed in difficult negotiations with the Western powers to save the 2015 nuclear pact. Returning to the agreement would mean lifting international sanctions, but the conditions do not convince Iran, which in recent years has accelerated its atomic program under the disapproval, particularly, of the United States.

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