• Iran celebrates the 32nd anniversary of its Islamic Revolution

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    Female students wave Iranian national flags during a ceremony marking the 32nd anniversary of the 1979 Islamic revolution in Tehran, Iran, on Feb. 11.

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    President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (left) extends his hands to supporters during a rally on Tehran's Azadi Square (Freedom Square) on Feb. 11 in which he lashed out at the West and Israel in a speech marking the 32nd anniversary of the Islamic revolution.

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    Girls attend a rally on Tehran's Azadi Square (Freedom Square) on Feb. 11, the 32nd anniversary of the Islamic revolution.

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    A woman attends a ceremony marking the 32nd anniversary of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini's return from exile at Khomeini's mausoleum in Tehran on Feb. 1. Bells chimed across Iran to mark the anniversary.

    Iranians mark the 32nd anniversary of Ayatollah Khomeini's return from exile

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    Writing on BLTWY, historian Geoffrey Wawro has some advice for U.S. policymakers as they respond to current events in Egypt:

    The Obama team should be looking closely at Washington's awful mismanagement of the Iranian revolution of 1978-79 to make sure they do not repeat the errors of the Carter administration.