The Fajr decade is a ten-day celebration of Ruhollah Khomeini’s return to homeland in 1979. The annual celebration is held between 1 and 11 February. Its beginning coincides with the date of Khomeini’s arrival and ending with the Iranian Revolution; a day called the Anniversary of the Iranian Revolution, Islamic Revolution’s Victory Day, or 22 of Bahman.Dahe-ye Fajr marks the anniversary of the ten-day period between Khomeini’s return to Iran (1 February) until the Iranian Revolution (22 Bahman; 11 February) in 1979.On 1 February 1979, Ayatollah Khomeini returned to Tehran after a period of exile in France imposed by the Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. Several million people went to Mehrabad International Airport to welcome Khomeini.[6] Khomeini then went to Behesht-e Zahra cemetery, where he gave a lecture. Khomeini said Shapour Bakhtiar’s cabinet was illegal, and that he would crash in the mouth of Bakhtiar’s government.
