Iran was celebrating the 43rd anniversary of its revolution on Friday, with large-scale rallies replaced by smaller car and motorcycle parades because of the coronavirus pandemic. The events are intended to demonstrate popular support for the 1979 Islamic Revolution. “Our revolution is based on principles and one of them is political and economic independence from world powers,” President Ebrahim Raisi said in a speech marking the anniversary. While Iran wants constructive relations with foreign countries, he said, it will not take direction from abroad. “We are taking this path into the futur…