Iranians hold nationwide rallies to commemorate 9th of Dey epic

Millions of Iranians have taken to the streets to mark the anniversary of 2009 historic rallies, ‎during which people renewed their allegiance to the Islamic establishment and put an end to ‎foreign-orchestrated riots.‎

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Date: 31 December 2019 - 08:21

RNA – Millions of Iranians have taken to the streets to mark the anniversary of 2009 historic ‎rallies, during which people renewed their allegiance to the Islamic establishment and put an ‎end to foreign-orchestrated riots.‎

On Monday, people from all walks of life took part in nationwide demonstrations to mark ‎the “Dey 9 epic” which refers to the mass rallies held on the ninth day of the Persian calendar ‎month of Dey.‎

On this day in 2009, millions of Iranians rallied in the capital Tehran and other cities to end ‎what the Iranian authorities described as “sedition” which had been going on for months ‎following presidential elections earlier that year.‎

According to Mehr News Agency, eople were especially incensed by the incidents that occurred days earlier in Tehran, where ‎a group of rioters engaged in blaspheming Ashura, the martyrdom anniversary of Imam ‎al-Husayn, the third Shi’ah Imam.‎

The unrest in 2009 was orchestrated by two of the candidates who had lost the election, ‎claiming that the results had been rigged. Both remain under house arrest on charges of ‎provoking the public and harming the national security.‎

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