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(1 Feb 2007)
1. Wide exterior of mausoleum to Grand Ayatollah Khomeini, late founder of Islamic Revolution
2. Crowd waving flags
3. Mid shot of Iran's former president Akbar Hashemieh Rafsanjani (left) and Khomeini's grandson, Hasan Khomeini (right)
4. Wide of officials at Ayatollah's mausoleum
5. SOUNDBITE (Farsi) Akbar Hashemieh Rafsanjani, Iran's former president:
"We must vigilantly preserve our unity and stand up to the artificial coalition of our enemies and defend our rights, and also defuse the plots hatched against our country, bravely and wisely."
6. Wide of Rafsanjani speaking at podium
7. SOUNDBITE (Farsi) Akbar Hashemieh Rafsanjani, Iran's former president:
"During those days (of revolution in Iran) millions of people were demonstrating in the streets of Tehran and other cities. One could see various banners all criticising the Shah's regime (referring to the ex-king of Iran) and America as the Shah's ruling master."
8. Wide shot of crowd seated
9. Close-up of banner featuring Ayatollah Khomeini
10. Wide of street with Khomeini's poster
11. People at newspaper stand looking at newspapers
12. Close-up of newspaper headline, reading (Farsi): "Celebration of Iran's nuclear achievements on the anniversary of the revolution."
13. Newspapers laid out for sale
14. SOUNDBITE (Farsi) Amir Aslani, Tehran resident:
"We believe that our revolution was a new message to all human beings around the world who were not familiar with the message. Our purpose was to make big changes in the world system for the benefit of humanity, and we hoped to see those changes today."
15. Pedestrians on street
STORYLINE:
Ceremonies were held throughout Iran on Thursday on the first day of festivities marking the 28th anniversary of the 1979 Islamic revolution that toppled the pro-US Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and brought the hard-line clerics to power.
Many top Iranian officials, including Iran's former president Akbar Hashemieh Rafsanjani, went to the mausoleum of Grand Ayatollah Khomeini, outside Tehran, to pay their respects to the man regarded as the founder of the revolution.
Discussing current events, Rafsanjani, a relative moderate who was president from 1989-1997, said there was "an artificial coalition" of the world's countries aligned against Iran.
He called on Iranians to "defend our rights and also defuse the plots hatched against our country, bravely and wisely."
Last week, Rafsanjani accused the United States of stepping up its confrontation with Iran on several fronts and seeking to undermine his country's economy.
Those comments came as the United States vowed to take greater action to roll back Iranian influence across the Middle East, particularly in Iraq and Lebanon.
Rafsanjani heads the country's Expediency Council, a powerful clerical body, and is a rival of hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
In his speech on Thursday, Rafsanjani said that during the revolution the United States was viewed as the "ruling master" of Iran 's former king.
The anniversary of the revolution is an important annual celebration in Iran.
Amir Aslani, a Tehran resident, said that supporters of the revolution wanted to create change in Iran and consequently in the whole world to benefit the whole of humanity.
The last day of the celebration is February 11, which is known as Iran's National Day.

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