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2021-06-28 18:50
Classical love story Khosrow and Shirin adapted for modern novel on revolution
TEHRAN – Iranian writer Khosro Babakhani has adapted Nezami’s classical Persian love story Khosrow and Shirin for a modern novel of the same title, which is set in Iran of 1979 in the heat of the Islamic Revolution.
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2021-05-24 18:51
By Afshin Majlesi
Khorramshahr: a prime destination for war tourism
In the past, war tourism destinations were mainly the object of interest of photojournalists appearing solely on pages of crime, but now they can be traced in top travel books and websites. Whatever you call it, from war tourism, dark tourism, disaster tourism, or danger tourism, Iran has more to offer after being involved in the second-longest war of the 20th-century after the Vietnam War.
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2021-03-09 19:41
31 plays on Iran-Iraq war published
TEHRAN – The Foundation for Preservation of Sacred Defense Works and Values has published a collection of 31 plays on the theme of the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war, which is called the Sacred Defense in Iran.
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2021-03-07 10:09
Funeral procession held for martyr pilot Birjand Bik-Mohammadi
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2021-02-26 18:48
“Book of Defense” studying Imam Khomeini’s leadership role in Iran-Iraq war released
TEHRAN – The Sacred Defense Research and Archives Center has released a book entitled “Book of Defense” that surveys the leadership role of the founder of the Islamic Republic, Imam Khomeini, during the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war, which is known as Sacred Defense in Iran.
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2021-02-26 17:14
The elderly, war-disabled getting COVID-19 vaccine
TEHRAN – The vaccination against COVID-19 of the elderly and the disabled war veterans being kept in nursing homes across Iran began on Thursday, ISNA reported.
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2021-01-31 19:05
Book on war hero Gholamreza Chagharvand released
TEHRAN – A biography of the war hero Gholamreza Chagharvand has been recently been published by Sureh Sabz in Tehran.
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2021-01-20 17:13
Two unknown martyrs laid to rest
The bodies of two unknown martyrs were laid to rest at Fatemieh mosque during a ceremony in Tehran on Saturday night. The soldiers, aged 18-23, had been martyred in the southern battlefronts during Saddam Hussein’s imposed war against Iran in the 1980s. Due to the Coronavirus pandemic, the ceremony was held with the observation of health protocols. Tehran Times / Heidar Rezaei
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2020-12-16 18:39
“Mohsen, the Japanese” chronicles life of Afghan volunteer fighter in Iran-Iraq war
TEHRAN – Iranian filmmaker Vahid Faraji has made a documentary named “Mohsen, the Japanese”, which chronicles the life story of Mohsen Mirzai, an Afghan migrant who joined Iranian forces as a volunteer during the 1980s to fight against Iraq.
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2020-12-14 19:21
Books on oral history of Iran-Iraq war published
TEHRAN – A collection of 80 books containing personal experiences of Iranian veterans during the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war has recently been published.
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2020-11-06 19:49
By Faranak Bakhtiari
War footprint never fades away from nature
TEHRAN – When a war occurs, casualties and destruction come to mind first, while one of the main victims of this human phenomenon is the environment because the effects of war on nature never fade away and can be seen in the food cycle and nature for a long time.
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2020-09-28 18:04
Iran Photographers House hosts “Children of Ruhollah”
TEHRAN – An exhibition named “Children of Ruhollah” displaying a collection of photos of the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war opened on Sunday at the Iran Photographers House, which is affiliated with the Art Bureau.
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2020-09-26 20:48
By Mohammad Mazhari
Saddam rewarded those who backed him against Iran by capturing Kuwait: Iraqi expert
TEHRAN - Najah Mohammad Ali, an Iraqi analyst, says that Kuwait and Saudi Arabia took a very hostile position against Iran during Saddam Hussein’s war against Iran in the 1980s but Saddam rewarded them by capturing Kuwait.
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2020-09-22 11:42
Rouhani: Nation’s growing wisdom ‘fruit of Sacred Defense’
TEHRAN — President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday that the growing wisdom of the Iranian nation against the enemies is a result of their victory in the Sacred Defense as well as forty years of resistance against the enemies’ plots.
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2020-09-21 18:07
Iran honors over one million war veterans
TEHRAN — Iran on Monday held a ceremony to honor more than one million war veterans during the eight years of the Sacred Defense.
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2020-09-21 11:29
Iran clinched luminous victory in Iraq’s imposed war: Leader
TEHRAN — Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ali Khamenei says the victory of the Islamic Republic in Saddam Hussein’s war against Iran in the 1980s is as bright as the sun.
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2020-09-20 20:00
Sacred Defense Cinema Town holds potential to boost Rey’s tourism
TEHRAN – The Sacred Defense Cinema Town near the ancient city of Rey holds the potential to boost war tourism in the region, Rey’s cultural heritage department director Amir Mosayeb Rahimzadeh said on Sunday.
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2020-09-20 18:22
By Faranak Bakhtiari
Sacred Defense Week: martyrs of religious minorities symbolize national unity
TEHRAN – With the start of the Iraqi imposed war in 1980, religious minorities of Iran rushed to help the people protect the country and defend their homeland, symbolizing the national solidarity and unity.
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2020-09-13 20:30
Tehran to host online meeting on tourism capacities of Islamic revolution, Sacred Defense
TEHRAN – An online meeting on the tourism capacities of the Islamic revolution and the Iran–Iraq war, known as the Sacred Defense, will be held in Tehran on Thursday on the occasion of the Sacred Defense Week.
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2020-09-10 17:54
By Siamak Daneshpajooh
U.S. exploited 9/11 attacks to occupy Iraq and Afghanistan: Iraqi expert
TEHRAN – The U.S. plans to invade Iraq and Afghanistan gained stream immediately after the September 11, 2001 attacks on civilian and military targets in the United States. An Iraqi expert tells the Tehran Times that the Americans “exploited” the attacks to occupy Iraq and Afghanistan.
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2020-07-19 18:40
Books on Iran-Iraq war published in English
TEHRAN – Four books on the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war, which is known as Sacred Defense in Iran, have been published in English.
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2020-06-28 20:00
Sacred Defense Museum extends visiting hours
TEHRAN – Sacred Defense Museum in north-central Tehran has extended the end of visiting hours from currently 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. during holidays and weekends, ISNA reported.
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2020-04-27 18:14
Martyr Soleimani’s memories of Iran-Iraq war up for release
TEHRAN – Sebte Akbar Publications announced on Monday that a book recounting commander Qassem Soleimani’s memories of the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war will be released after the end of the holy month of Ramadan.
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2020-04-15 18:23
Tehran research center offers free access to atlases of Iran-Iraq war
TEHRAN – The Research Center and Archives of Sacred Defense in Tehran has given free access to a collection of military atlases of the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war.
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2020-02-01 18:26
Fajr festival play reveals impacts of war on veterans’ families
TEHRAN – The 38th Fajr International Theater Festival will present a play titled “Life with the Taste of Mustard”, which illustrates the repercussions of the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war on the families of the veterans.
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2019-12-28 13:27
Iranian religious minorities pay tribute to martyrs
As the new year is approaching, followers of divine religions pay homage to their family members martyred during the 1980-88 Iraqi imposed war, known as the Sacred Defense. According to officials, 90 Christians, 11 Jews, and 33 Zoroastrians were martyred during the 8-year war.
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2019-08-13 22:54
Iranian war veteran writes to Trump
TEHRAN – An Iranian war veteran, Habib Ahmadzadeh, has written an open letter to U.S. President Donald Trump, in which he rejects the president’s statement saying Iranians never won a war.
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2019-07-20 23:49
By saeed sobhani
Sanders challenges Biden over Iraq war
The troubled mistake of the former vice president of U.S.
Former US Vice President Joe Biden's support for the Iraq war has become a big trouble for him. Many analysts believe that this could create a major crisis for Biden during the first phase of the Democratic primaries.
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2019-07-16 19:22
Foreign visits to Sacred Defense Museum jumps 80 percent
TEHRAN - The number of foreign tourists visiting the Sacred Defense Museum in Tehran in the past Iranian calendar year (March 2018-19) jumped 80 percent compared with a year earlier.
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2019-06-27 16:32
Funeral procession held for fallen soldier
A massive funeral procession was held on Thursday morning in Tehran for 150 Iranian soldiers martyred in Iran-Iraq war (1980-1988). Bodies of the Iranian soldiers were recently recovered and returned home some 30 years after the end of the Iran-Iraq war. Even three decades after the war, there are still a number of Iranian soldiers unaccounted for with ongoing efforts to find them.
