Martyr

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  • Girl and martyr 2026-01-23 20:54

    By staff writer

    Beyond the headlines of 3117 dead: Security body unmasks the architects of urban warfare

    Official analytical statement links recent atrocities to failed military aggression by the US and Israel

    TEHRAN — Iran’s Martyrs Foundation and the State Security Council released an official account on Wednesday night of the recent unrest that has scarred the country.

  • Clinic burning 2026-01-12 19:12

    By Sondoss Al Asaad

    A nurse in flames: Sacrifice vs moral collapse

    BEIRUT — There are moments when history strips language of its neutrality and forces words to choose sides.

  • Iran 2026-01-10 09:41

    Multiple security forces martyred across Iran

    TEHRAN – Multiple members of Iran’s security forces and a local judicial official have been martyred in a series of coordinated attacks carried out by armed terrorists and foreign-backed mercenaries across several provinces.

  • Leader 2025-12-16 22:12

    Driving spirit of martyrs must be passed down to future generations: Leader

    TEHRAN – During the Tuesday meeting with officials of the National Congress for the Commemoration of the Martyrs of the Alborz Province, Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei emphasized that one of the most important tasks today is to convey the motivations and values of the Sacred Defense era (the period of Iran-Iraq war era) to the younger generation.

  • Martyrs of Iran Iraq war 2025-10-05 22:13

    Remains of 46 Iran-Iraq war martyrs returned home through Shalamcheh border

    TEHRAN – The remains of 46 martyrs from Iran’s eight-year Sacred Defense were brought back to the country on Sunday through the Shalamcheh border crossing in Khuzestan Province, where a large crowd gathered to honor their return.

  • Iran approves museum dedicated to 12-day war with Israel 2025-09-22 17:21

    Iran approves museum dedicated to 12-day war with Israel

    TEHRAN – Iran has approved the establishment of a museum dedicated to the 12-day war with the Zionist regime of Israel, Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts Minister Seyyed Reza Salehi-Amiri said on Monday.

  • Martyred Funeral 2025-08-08 20:02

    By Garsha Vazirian

    Blood-inked pens

    The stories of four Iranian journalists killed by Israel

    TEHRAN – August 8 marks Journalist’s Day in Iran, a solemn tribute to those who spilled blood for truth. Rooted in the 1998 martyrdom of Mahmoud Saremi—an Iranian reporter killed by alongside eight Iranian diplomats in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan—this day now mourns a new generation of media martyrs.

  • Ali Kabari 2025-07-28 20:23

    War veteran’s martyrdom marks 1,065 lives lost in Israeli war against Iran

    TEHRAN – Ali Kabari, a Basiji fighter severely wounded during Iran’s defensive operations against the Israeli regime’s 12-day aggression, has succumbed to his injuries after a 42-day struggle.

  • Head of Iran’s Martyrs and Veterans Affairs Foundation Saeed Ohadi 2025-07-26 21:51

    By Soheila Zarfam

    Israel aimed to collapse Iran, but united us instead

    Head of Iran’s Martyrs and Veterans Affairs Foundation Saeed Ohadi in exclusive interview with the Tehran Times:

    TEHRAN – Head of Iran’s Martyrs and Veterans Affairs Foundation Saeed Ohadi says Israel’s recent 12-day assault, intended to collapse Iran, only served to unite the nation more deeply than ever before.

  • Martyrs Foundation Head 2025-07-14 21:53

    New figure says 1,062 martyred, 5,800 wounded in 12 days of Israeli aggression

    TEHRAN – Head of Iran’s Martyrs and Veterans Affairs Foundation, Saeed Ohadi, confirmed on Monday that at least 1,062 people were killed during Israel’s 12-day military aggression against Iran, with 5,800 others wounded.

  • Martyrs 2025-07-09 17:16

    Israel denied harming Iranians—700 dead civilians tell a different story

    TEHRAN – Iranian Health Minister Mohammadreza Zafarghandi announced on Wednesday that the Israeli regime’s 12-day military aggression against Iranian cities resulted in the martyrdom of nearly 700 civilians and injuries to more than 5,000 citizens, overwhelmingly non-combatants.

  • Burial in Hamedan 2025-06-29 22:39

    Salami, Hajizadeh, and Shadmani laid to rest amid national grief

    TEHRAN – In scenes of profound national grief, the Islamic Republic of Iran laid to rest three of its most revered military commanders on Sunday.

  • Over a million Iranians mourn fallen scientists, commanders in Tehran funeral 2025-06-28 17:20

    Photo: Fatemeh Mirahmadi

    Over a million Iranians mourn fallen scientists, commanders in Tehran funeral

    Iran’s main streets were filled with over a million people on Saturday as citizens mourned the martyrdom of top Iranian military officials and nuclear scientists who were martyred during Israel’s 12-day war against the country. Various officials were also seen attending the funeral procession.

  • kashan 2025-06-23 15:56

    Scientist along with family martyred in Israel's aggression

    TEHRAN –Seyyed Mostafa Sadati-Armaki, a nuclear scientist from Kashan, was martyred in a recent attack by the Zionist regime.

  • soldiers 2025-01-26 21:51

    A call for BBC accountability

    BBC Persian’s disrespectful account of Iranian martyrs offends national sentiment

    TEHRAN – War and its aftermath define a nation’s identity and collective memory.

  • Martyred Divers's families 2024-12-30 22:48

    Families of slain divers seek justice against U.S. in Tehran court

    TEHRAN – The International Affairs Court in Tehran, Branch 55, held its second session on Monday regarding a lawsuit filed by the families of Iranian divers martyred in 1986 during Operation Karbala-4 in the Iran-Iraq War.

  • Shrine defenders letter 2024-12-08 22:37

    Families of Iranian advisors martyred in Syria issue statement on Arab country’s developments

    TEHRAN – The families of Iranian military advisors who were martyred in Syria during the rise of terrorism in the 2010s, known as "Holy Shrine defenders," have issued a statement regarding the recent collapse of the Syrian government. 

  • Leader meeting 2024-11-03 22:10

    Leader meets families of air defense staff martyred in Israeli airstrike 

    TEHRAN – On Sunday, the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, convened with the families of air defense staff who lost their lives during Israel’s attacks on Iranian territory last month.  

  • Saeed Abiyar 2024-06-07 19:46

    Martyr Saeed Abiyar laid to rest in Karaj amidst emotional tributes

    TEHRAN - The revered body of martyr Saeed Abiyar, a distinguished figure killed in an Israeli airstrike in Syria, was solemnly interred in Karaj, accompanied by a significant outpouring of public grief and respect.

  • Reza Zarei 2024-03-01 21:58

    Iranian military adviser martyred in Syria

    TEHRAN — An Iranian military adviser was martyred in an airstrike by the Israeli forces on the Syrian port of Banias. 

  • MARTYR 2024-01-22 22:52

    Iranian capital mourns advisors assassinated by Israel

    TEHRAN - A sea of mourners flooded the streets of the Iranian capital on Monday to bid farewell to three Iranian military advisors, who fell victim to an Israeli attack on the Syrian capital Damascus. 

  • Two Basij members martyred in terror attack in Fars Province 2023-09-18 21:47

    Two Basij members martyred in terror attack in Fars Province

    TEHRAN- Pouya Khoshnam, a Basij member who was injured in a terrorist attack on the evening of September 16, submitted to his injuries in a hospital in the southcentral city of Shiraz. 

  • Arbaeen pilgrimage: A journey of faith and unity 2023-09-04 18:23

    By Afshin Majlesi

    Arbaeen pilgrimage: A journey of faith and unity

    TEHRAN—Once again, the world’s largest annual religious gathering is in full swing to convey a message of truth, peace, culture, and revolution against oppression inspired by the third Shia Imam (AS).

  • Tehran hosts crafts exhibit dedicated to self-sacrifice culture 2023-03-15 18:43

    Tehran hosts crafts exhibit dedicated to self-sacrifice culture

    TEHRAN – A handicraft exhibition aimed to spotlight self-sacrifice and martyrdom culture opened its doors to the public at Tehran’s Reza Abbasi Museum on Monday.

  • Martyrs Hajj Qassem and Hajj Abu Mehdi 2023-01-03 18:46

    By Wesam Bahrani 

    Two old comrades

    The relationship between the two martyrs’ stretches back a long way before the era of Daesh's occupation of Iraq. But it was during the era of the terror groups' occupation that more media attention and focus were put on these two legends. 

  • Qassem Soleimani 2023-01-03 18:34

     By Mehdi Mousavi

    Soleimani school of thought goes beyond borders

    KERMAN- The Golzar Shohada (Garden of Martyrs) cemetery in Kerman has become the epitome of Resistance Front over the past three years in a way that pilgrims from different countries travel to this city to pay homage to martyr Qassem Soleimani. 

  • strategy of revenge  2023-01-03 18:25

    By Sadegh Fereydounabadi

    The strategy of revenge 

    TEHRAN – Almost two years into his assassination, Iran still seeks revenge for the martyrdom of General Qassem Soleimani, turning the revenge into a strategy of mobilization against the United States in the West Asia region. 

  • A Shining Star in Khomeini's Universe   2023-01-03 16:20

    By Mohammad Sarfi

    A Shining Star in Khomeini's Universe  

    TEHRAN- It is good that when children come into this world, nobody knows what destiny awaits them and what mission they undertake in their future life. Also, nobody knows what great mission the history has assigned them to do.  

  • Qassem Soleimani 2023-01-03 15:03

    By Martin Love

    Soleimani was a great man. Period. 

    TEHRAN- As an elderly American now, I have witnessed the apparent decline of my country in most all respects (except perhaps in military power) in to what appears to be an insane number of wrong-way turns since I was a youth in in the 1960s. It was with the Vietnam War that the pretensions or fact of “Empire” really began to take hold.

  • Journalist and senior editor Yuram Abdullah Weiler poses at his home in Las Cruces, New Mexico. 2023-01-03 14:16

    By Yuram Abdullah Weiler

    Hajj Qassem: On the cutting edge of Islamic Resistance

    “And do not speak of those who are slain in Allah’s way as dead; nay, they are alive, but you do not perceive”—Quran 2:154