Mourners from all walks of life are expected to converge on Imam Khomeinis Mausoleum in southern Tehran on Tuesday to pay homage to the architect of the Islamic Revolutionand renew allegiance to the ideals of the 1979 Revolution.
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei is dueto deliver a speech at the event later in the day.
Some 50 foreign correspondents and 300 Iranian reporters will be covering the event.
Grand Ayatollah Seyyed Rouhollah Mousavi Khomeini, better known as Imam Khomeini, passed away on June 3, 1989 at the age of 87.
He contributed many years of his life to standing up to the US-backed Pahlavi dynasty, and eventually paved the way for its downfall in the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
In the pre-Revolution era, Imam Khomeini spent more than 15 years in exile for his opposition to the last monarch, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi,mostly for his associationwith Western imperialists.
He was not allowed to return to Iran during Pahlavis reign, and only came back home on February 1,1979after the monarch finally gave into angry popular demonstrations and fled the country. The tyrannical Pahlavi regime fully collapsed 10 days later on February 11.
The mourning ceremonies precede the anniversary of demonstrations of June 5, 1963, which is remembered in Iran as a prelude to the victory of the Islamic Revolution.
Prior to the Revolution, Imam Khomeni was arrested in 1963 after he made a historic speech inthe holy city of Qom, where he lambastedthe capitulationlaw granting immunity to Americans on Iranian soil.
Later that year, people took to the streets to protest the political leaders arrest. Taken by surprise by the massive public demonstrations of support, the Pahlavi regimes forces launched a bloody crackdown on people to quell the protests.
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