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

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.

It was a grave miscalculation by the West-backed Saddam regime. Khorramshahr, with only a few thousand armed men, successfully resisted tens of thousands of foreign invaders for a full month and a half.

While Germany sees its internal security and political survival as "red lines", cracking down on those allegedly involved in a "coup plot", it doesn't extend the same privilege to Iran, which is up against armed rioters, criminals, and terrorists.

Iran is commemorating its national sacred defense week, which marks the beginning of the 1980s war between Iran and Iraq.

Iranians have marked the 40th anniversary of the liberation of the southwestern city of Khorramshahr from Iraq.

The IRGC hails the victorious defense of the Iranian nation in Iraq’s imposed war as a guarantor of the expulsion of American forces from the region.