Publish Date: 21 September 2020 - 10:47

Commemoration ceremony of Sacred Defense Week kicked off

TEHRAN, Sep. 21 (MNA) – Commemoration ceremony for honoring more than one million war veterans during eight years of Sacred Defense began at Sacred Defense Museum on Monday in the presence of Leader of the Islamic Revolution via videoconference.

The ceremony also was attended by the Chief of Staff for the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran Major General Mohammad Bagheri.

The Leader of the Islamic Revolution will address above one million of Iran's veterans on the occasion of the national Holy Defense Week, annual commemoration of the 1980–1988 Iran–Iraq War.

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