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Tehran event sheds light on dark consequences of Iran-Iraq war

Monday, 19 September 2022 2:39 PM [ Last Update: Monday, 19 September 2022 2:39 PM ]

Yusef Jalali
Press TV, Tehran

Iran's War University hosted the Director of the United Nations Information Center in Iran, Inger Marie Vennize, along with military attaches from different embassies for a ceremony dubbed the Book of Peace and Defense, which is themed with the 1980s Iran-Iraq war.

The UNIC head read out a statement from UN Secretary-General Atonio Guterres during the event.

This event comes on the occasion of the national Sacred Defense Week, which marks the beginning of the 1980s Iraq-Iran war, the longest armed conflict of the 20th century. That war was waged by the then Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, who enjoyed financial and military support from dozens of countries.

Every year on the occasion, Iran holds nationwide ceremonies to highlight its resistance against the Iraqi forces.

Saddam Hussein failed to make any achievement in the 1980s war, but the humanitarian effects of the offensive he launched are still lingering in Iran, with many war veterans continuing to reel from exposure to chemical substances used by Iraq during the war.

Those chemical materials were supplied by a number of German, French, and Dutch corporations.

This Tehran event shed light on the dark consequences of the Iraqi-imposed war on Iran. The Islamic Republic takes great pride in how it defended its soil during the war, which has been a drive for its self-sufficiency efforts in the military sector.

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