Sacred Defence Week

Sacred Defence Week (Persian: هفته دفاع مقدس‎‎) is an Iranian annual commemoration of the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war (often called the "Holy Defence Week" in Iran). It is marked by military parades.[1][2]

References

  1. ↑ Katouzian, Homa; Hossein Shahidi (2008). Iran in the 21st Century: Politics, economics and conflict. Routledge. p. 162. ISBN 9781134077601.
  2. ↑ Ridgeon, Lloyd V.J. (2008). Iranian Intellectuals: 1997-2007. Routledge. pp. 91–92. ISBN 9780415443289.
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