Iranians Remember The Day When Late Islamic Revolution Leader Ayatollah Khomeini Returned To Tehran

Iranian soldiers stand guard in Iran’s late Islamic revolution leader Ayatollah Khomeini’ shrine, in Tehran, Iran, Jan. 31, 2013, during a ceremony marking the time when Khomeini returned to Tehran, on Jan. 31, 1979 from 14 years of exile in Paris. Iran started Thursday to celebrate the 34th anniversary of the 1979 Islamic revolution.

A woman waves a flag of Iran during a ceremony marking the time when Iran’s late Islamic revolution leader Ayatollah Khomeini returned to Tehran, on Jan. 31.

Iranian women are seen in Iran’s late Islamic revolution leader Ayatollah Khomeini’ shrine, in Tehran, Iran, Jan. 31, 2013.

Iranian women visit the graves of people who were killed during the 1979 Islamic revolution at the Behesht-e Zahra cemetery outside Tehran, Iran, on Jan. 31, 2013. <Xinhua/Ahmad Halabisaz>