Iranian armed forces hold nationwide military parades to mark Sacred Defense Week

Iran’s armed forces are holding military parades across the country on the first day of Sacred Defense Week, which marks an eight-year war of aggression on Iran by then-Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein in the 1980s.

In Tehran, the parades began at the mausoleum of the late founder of the Islamic Republic Imam Khomeini in southern on Saturday morning to commemorate the anniversary of the day when Saddam Hussein’s regime launched a war on Iran between 1980 and 1988.

Similar processions are also held in other Iranian provinces to mark the auspicious occasion.

Forces from the Iranian Army, the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), Police, Border Guards, and Basij are participating in the parades.