Iran marks ‘Sacred Defense Week’ to remember Iraq-imposed war in 1980s

A ceremony honoring Iranian war veterans and those who were active on and off the battlefront during eight years of the Iraqi-imposed war in the 1980s was held in Tehran on Wednesday.

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Fatemeh Masoumi
Press TV, Tehran

A ceremony honoring Iranian war veterans and those who were active on and off the battlefront during eight years of the Iraqi-imposed war in the 1980s was held in Tehran on Wednesday in the presence of Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei.