Iran marked the 47th anniversary of its 1979 Islamic Revolution on Wednesday as the country’s theocracy remains under pressure, both from US President Donald Trump and public angr over Tehran’s bloody crackdown on nationwide protests.

During a ceremony, Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian apologised to “those affected” by the protests and bloody crackdown that followed it, even as he denounced unspecified “Western propaganda” surrounding the protests.