Iran

Iran marks the 47th anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution

Women hold Iranian flags and a portrait of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in front of Tehran's Azadi Tower on the 47th anniversary of the Iranian Revolution. [Majid Asgaripour/WANA via Reuters]

Some demonstrators shouted "Death to America!" and "Death to Israel!" and burned US and Israeli flags. [AFP

Hundreds of thousands of Iranians attended demonstrations commemorating the anniversary of the 1979 revolution. [Majid Asgaripour/WANA/Reuters]

Mass protests toppled Iran's last shah in 1979 and replaced the monarchy with the Islamic Republic of Iran with Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini serving as its first supreme leader. [Abedin Taherkenareh/EPA]

Signs and chants at the demonstrations condemned Israel, which conducted a 12-day war against Iran in June, and the United States, which attacked three of Iran's key nuclear sites during the conflict and is threatening to attack again unless Tehran makes major concessions on its nuclear and missile programmes. [Abedin Taherkenareh/EPA]

President Masoud Pezeshkian addressed Iranians from Azadi Square in Tehran and said the government is willing to negotiate over its nuclear programme while calling for national unity in the face of external threats. [Majid Asgaripour/WANA/Reuters]

US President Donald Trump has moved an aircraft carrier, other ships and planes to the Middle East and has suggested sending another carrier while the US and Iran hold mediated talks and leaders in the Middle East worry about a regional war breaking out. [Majid Asgaripour/WANA via Reuters]

Addressing the crowds in Azadi Square, Pezeshkian called for solidarity among Iranians in the face of “conspiracies from imperial powers”. [Majid Asgaripour/WANA via Reuters]

“We are standing together … in solidarity in the face of all conspiracies targeting our nation,” the president said, adding that the strength and unity of the Iranian people “gives rise to worry within our enemy”. [Abedin Taherkenareh/EPA]

Speaking to Al Jazeera from Tehran, Ali Akbar Dareini, a researcher at the Center for Strategic Studies, said Pezeshkian’s speech signalled Iran was “open to a fair and balanced deal with the United States”. [Abedin Taherkenareh/EPA]

Reporting from Tehran, Al Jazeera’s Resul Serdar said the commemorations took place at a critical moment for Iran as the country faces external threats and significant internal divisions. [Majid Asgaripour/WANA via Reuters]