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Discover Iran: Ilam, a frontline of faith, honor and unyielding resistance during 1980s war

Ilam province in western Iran was a key frontline during the 1980s Imposed War, witnessing intense battles, major operations, heavy casualties, and heroic sacrifices.

POLITICS

Iran urges Germany to probe wartime supply of chemical weapons to Iraq

Iran has called for full accountability for the use of chemical weapons during the Iran-Iraq War, urging Germany to investigate and reveal the truth about its role in arming Iraq with the destructive weapons.

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IRAN ELECTION ANALYSIS

Iran's presidential hopefuls and their role during Sacred Defense and its aftermath

Six candidates are running for Iran’s presidency with diverse backgrounds, roadmaps, and strategies. However, they share a common thread: contributions to Iran’s Sacred Defense and its aftermath.

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CONVERSATIONS

Iran’s resistance to West-backed Saddam regime inspired world: War veteran

The memory of the eight-year war imposed by then-Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein on Iran with the support of Western states continues to inspire resistance movements, says a war veteran.

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FEATURES

Explainer: How did US-backed Saddam regime’s war against Iran unfold, end?

Iran is commemorating Sacred Defense Week when the Iraqi Baathist regime and its foreign backers in September 1980 launched a no-holds-barred war against the Islamic Republic.

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CULTURE

Martyr Morteza Avini as the pioneer of Iran’s Sacred Defense cinema

Martyr Morteza Avini managed, through his creative and thought-provoking cinematic works, to establish a new method of cinema in line with the political vision of the Islamic Republic

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FEATURES

35 years since Op. Mersad, when Iranian army decimated MKO terror cult

On July 26, 1988, the MKO terror cult, a key ally of Iraqi Baathist regime at the time, launched an attack to overthrow the Islamic Republic. In response, Iran's military launched a counterattack codenamed Operation Mersad that crippled the MKO forces that suffered over 4,800 casualties.

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