EDITORS NOTE: CONTAINS CONVERTED 4:3 MATERIAL<br/> <br />(ROUGH CUT - NO REPORTER NARRATION)<br/> <br />Iranian state television broadcast wall-to-wall rallies across the country to mark the 1979 Iranian Islamic revolution on Saturday (February 11).<br/> <br />Tens of thousands of demonstrators waved Iranian flags and hoisted pictures of both the revolution's late leader, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, and his successor, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.<br/> <br />Iran President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad also addressed the nation in a commemorative speech in Tehran's Azadi (freedom) square, where he said the Islamic Republic would soon announce "very important" achievements in the nuclear field, state TV reported. He gave no details.<br/> <br />The United States and its European allies have imposed new sanctions to try to force Tehran back to talks<br/> <br />before it produces enough nuclear material for an atomic bomb. Iran says its nuclear programme has only peaceful purposes.<br/> <br />Iranian state media said "millions" joined the rallies on Saturday.
