‘Passengers of light’ visit Iran-Iraq war memorials – a photo essay
The Guardian | Anthony Micallef: In Iran, every spring, thousands of families travel to the battle sites of the Iran-Iraq war (1980-88).…
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De-escalating the Iran crisis via a 31-year-old UN resolution
Atlantic Council | Barbara Slavin: The roots of the current crisis in the Persian Gulf go back more than three decades to…
Iran Zarif reminds dark days of war against Iran
IRNA – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in a message referred to the start of Iran-Iraq imposed war (1980-1988) by Saddam…
US must end arms sales to Saddam’s reincarnations: Zarif
MNA – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif called on the US to stop selling arms to ‘Saddam’s reincarnations’ instead of complaining…
Photos: Mass funeral of war martyrs held in Tehran
Mizan | Mostafa Roudaki: A large number of people attended a funeral processions in Tehran on Thursday for 150 Iranian martyrs whose…
Sardasht: First victim of chemical attack in world
IRNA – Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein attacked Sardasht, West Azarbaijan, northwestern Iran, with chemical weapons in 1987, making Sardasht of the first…
Bodies of 115 Iranian martyrs repatriated from Iraq
Tasnim – Remains of 115 Iranian troops unearthed more than 30 years after the end of the Iraqi imposed war on Iran…
The big picture: a surreal scene in the Iranian desert
The Guardian | Tim Adams: The photographer Gohar Dashti was born in 1980 in Ahvaz, a city in south-west Iran, near the…
Commander: Iran has no trust in Europeans
FNA – Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Aerospace Force Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajizadeh said Iran places no trust…
Iran resumes search operation to find remaining bodies of martyrs in Iraq’s Basra
Tasnim – Iran resumes fiftieth stage of operations to search for and find the remaining bodies of martyrs who were killed or…
Iran’s ambassador: West mobilized Saddam in war on Iran
IRNA – Iran’s ambassador to the UK Hamid Baeeidinejad says West had mobilized Saddam in war on Iran. In a memo on…
Farangis; Untold story of women’s role in Iran-Iraq war
IFP – The book “Farangis,” the winner of the annual award presented to the best book about Holy Defence – the eight-year…
Leader urges narrators to merge story of Sacred Defense with Iranian nation
IRNA – Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution stressed here on Wednesday that all books, art works and movies, which are written,…
Iranians have ‘very sharp, very dark’ memories of US-backed terrorists
Sputnik – Following the deadly attack in the Iranian city of Ahvaz on Saturday morning, which killed 25 and wounded 53 during…
Photos: Funeral proceedings for 135 anonymous martyrs of Sacred Defense
Tasnim | Masoud Shahrestani: Funeral proceedings were held this morning for 135 martyred ‘anonymous’ soldiers of the Iraqi imposed war of 1980-88…
Mass funeral held in Tehran for unidentified martyrs
Tasnim – People in Iran’s capital of Tehran attended funeral processions for 135 unidentified martyrs whose bones have been recently unearthed 30…
Iran’s treatment of Iraqi POWs based on humanitarian, Islamic considerations
MNA – Deputy Coordinator of the Iranian Army Habibollah Sayyari said Islamic Republic’s treatment of Iraqi prisoners-of-war (POWs) was totally based on…
Tehran museum lionises war in which Iran took on ‘world’
AFP – With its air raid simulator and battlefield reconstructions, the state-of-the-art Holy Defence Museum in Tehran seeks to glorify the Iran-Iraq…
Iraq can afford paying war reparations to Iran: senior MP
MNA – The Chairman of Iranian Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Committee Heshmatollah Falahatpisheh has said Iran expects Iraq to pay…
Self-sacrifice most important power of Iran: FM Zarif
IFP – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Wednesday met a group of former prisoners who had been jailed either by…
Painting exhibition on 1987 Iraqi chemical weapons attack
Financial Tribune- To mark the 31st anniversary of chemical weapons attacks on Sardasht, a city in West Azarbaijan Province, Iranian Artist Forum…
OPCW chief commemorates Iraq’s chemical attack on Iran’s Sardasht
Tasnim – The Director-General of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) Ahmet Uzumcu paid homage to the victims of…
Khorramshahr liberation convinced world Iran is invincible
IRNA – President Hassan Rouhani on Thursday hailed the lofty status of martyrs and their devotions and said the liberation of Khorramshahr…
Iran marks 36th anniversary of liberation of Khorramshahr
Press TV- Iran is marking the 36th anniversary of the liberation of the southwestern city of Khorramshahr from forces of the ex-Iraqi…
Body remains of 4 Iranian soldiers found in E Iraq
IRNA – Remains of four Iranian soldiers’ bodies were unearthed in eastern Iraq near the border with Iran, said an Iraqi authority.…
Bodies of 65 Iran-Iraq war martyrs recovered
IFP – A senior defence official says Iranian explorers have recovered the remnants of 65 unidentified martyrs of the Iraqi imposed war…
To destroy Iran, both US and USSR helped Saddam
Khamenei.ir- Teenagers and young adults from Tehran and Alborz Provinces, planning to go on “Travelers to the Light”* camp, met with the…
Iran urges Pentagon to declassify Iran-Iraq war human losses data
IRNA – Iranian commander urged Pentagon to declassify information regarding human losses during Saddam era’s Iraqi-imposed war (1980-88 Iran-Iraq war). Senior Advisor…
Land mine blast injures 1 in S. Iran
IRNA – Explosion of a landmine, remaining from Saddam era’s Iraqi-imposed war (1980-88), in Fakkeh city in southern Iran injured a young…
Macron should recall France’s arming of Saddam against Iran
IFP – An Iranian commentator says French President Emmanuel Macron, who is calling for further transparency on Iran’s defensive program, has forgotten…
Photos: Bodies of Iranian martyrs repatriated from Iraq
Fars|Mohammad Amin Ansari: Remains of 119 Iranian troops recently unearthed some 30 years after the end of the Iraqi imposed war on…
Bodies of Iranian martyrs repatriated from Iraq
Tasnim – Remains of 119 Iranian troops recently unearthed some 30 years after the end of the Iraqi imposed war on Iran…
Saddam backed by all world powers: former MoD
MNA – Former Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Hossein Dehghan says that the Imposed War of 1980-88 taught Iranians not to rely…
Ministry: Iran’s deterrent power has roots in 8-year war
IRNA – Iran’s Ministry of Defense said on Friday that the country’s might and exemplary deterrent power have roots in lessons from…
Book Review: Analysis of Iran-Iraq War; Introduction to a Theory
Iran Review- The book entitled “Analysis of Iran-Iraq War; Introduction to a Theory,” written by Mohammad Doroudiyan, represents an effort to analyze…
Hassan “Jangju”, boy soldier of the Iran-Iraq war, laid to rest at last
The Times – He was said to have been just 13 when he was photographed in 1980, crawling through the marshes of…
Velayati: UN Resolution 598 result of Iranian sacrifice, bravery
IRNA – Iran Supreme Leader’s Senior Adviser for international affairs Ali Akbar Velayati on Thursday described the United Nations Resolution 598 that…
Trump administration should not ignore lessons from Iran-Iraq War
The Hill | Ariane Tabatabai & Annie Tracy Samuel: On July 14, the nuclear deal with Iran will turn two. This anniversary…
Photos: Bodies of Iranian martyrs arrive home
IRNA | Mohammadreza Khabbazan: The bodies of 130 Iranian martyrs who fought against Saddam in Iran- Iraq war, repatriated from Iraq after…
US, Soviets, and regional reactionaries fought against Iran for 8 years: Leader
IRNA – During the Iraqi imposed war against Iran, all global powers including the US, NATO, former Soviet Union and regional reactionaries…