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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.
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2019-06-26 20:33
Tehran-Sardasht car rally to promote peace and friendship
TEHRAN – Today, a group of drivers will hit the road heading from Tehran to the northwestern city of Sardasht in a car rally which is aimed to promote peace and friendship.
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2019-03-16 21:41
31 years since Saddam gassed Halabja
March 16 marks the 31st year after the Iraqi Baath regime’s chemical attack against the Kurdish city of Halabja in northern Iraq that killed thousands of people during the closing days of the Iran–Iraq War in the 1980s.
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2019-02-06 20:00
Iran, Iraq set up payment mechanism to facilitate trade
TEHRAN – Central banks of Iran and Iraq reached an agreement to set up a payment mechanism to facilitate banking ties between the two countries, the portal of Central Bank of Iran (CBI) reported.
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2019-02-05 21:18
UK documents only part of reality about Iran-Iraq war: MP
TEHRAN – Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Committee Chairman Heshmatollah Falahatpisheh has said the British government’s recently declassified documents about Iraq’s imposed war against Iran in the 80s show only a small part of the whole reality.
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2019-01-13 22:26
Iran to declassify 1980-88 war documents
TEHRAN – The head of the Foundation for Preservation of Sacred Defense Works and Values announced on Saturday that the classified documents of Iraq’s 1980-88 war against Iran will be declassified early next Iranian year, starting on March 21.
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2018-12-31 21:03
Operation Karbala-4 was not a military deception: General Soleimani
TEHRAN - General Qassem Soleimani, commander of the IRGC Quds Force, said on Monday that Operation Karbala-4 in late December 1986 during Iraq’s war against Iran was a main operation and not a “military deception”.
