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The Sacred Defence Week (Persian: هفته دفاع مقدس Hafte Defâ Moqaddas, also translated Holy Defence Week) is an Iranian annual commemoration of the 1980–1988 Iran–Iraq War (often called "the Sacred Defence" in Iran). It is marked by military parades. [1] [2] It is set by the Iranian calendar and begins on Shahrivar 31. [3]
The Foundation for the Preservation and Publication of Sacred Defense Works and Values (Persian: بنیاد حفظ آثار و نشر ارزشهای دفاع مقدس) is one of the institutions of the Islamic Republic of Iran with the aim of preserving the relics and disseminating the values of the Sacred Defense (Iran-Iraq war known by Iranians as the "Sacred Defence" or "Holy Defense ...
It is dedicated to the Iran–Iraq War (1980–1988), [1] the conflict known in Iran as "imposed war" [2] or mainly "Holy Defense". [3] [4] The museum consists of different parts such as Tomb of the Unknown Soldiers, flag tower, open area and lake, parking, conference halls, [5] Khorramshahr Mosque, Library and Panorama museum. [6]
Iran's semi-official SNN news agency said the ongoing exercise began on Jan. 4 and includes air, ground and sea forces and weapons systems, and that it is meant to test Iran's domestically made ...
Director Mohammad Rasoulof risked his life to make “The Seed of the Sacred Fig” in Iran. Then came the hard part. How a dissident Iranian director made a film in secret and then fled the country
Holy Defense cinema (Persian: سینمای دفاع مقدس, romanized: Sīnimā-yi Difā'-i Muqaddas) refers to a genre of Iranian films that deals with various aspects of the Iran-Iraq war of 1980–1988. [1] Although little noticed in the West, the genre has produced more than 200 movies, including some critical and commercial hits.
The Air Force has awarded the Silver Star to a female airman for the first time following her role in the shootdown of more than 80 Iranian drones that were part of Iran's large missile and drone ...
"The Office of Literature and Art of Resistance" began its activities in the field of cultural activities and book publishing in December 1988 in the "Artistic Sect of the Islamic Republic" complex and, motivated by collecting, compiling, and writing literary, artistic, research works, and memories left behind by the Iranian people's eight-year defense period of the "Iran-Iraq War".