The ceremony at Hosseiniah Jamaran marks 40 years since the Defense Week

The inauguration of photo exhibition under title of “sons of Rouhollah”, which coincides with the ...

Sacred Defense Week: Iran has developed a totally native defence capability

Four decades ago, on 22 September 1980, a day etched in the collective Iranian consciousness, Iraqi airstrikes took the country by surprise. Eight major Iranian airbases and four military installations were targeted. Iran was a sitting duck.

Arab nations betray Palestine for Israeli normalization

The so called “normalization of ties” between the UAE, Bahrain and Israel, is in fact a betrayal of their fellow Arab Muslims, the Palestinians whose lands were usurped partially by Israel in the 1940s, and once again, more completely, in 1967.

In pictures: Eight-year sacred Defense and the eternal epic

FM Zarif in Moscow to discuss regional issues, bilateral ties with Lavrov

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif is in Moscow for an official visit to discuss regional issues and matters of mutual interest, including Iran's 2015 nuclear deal, with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov.

President Rouhani says US repeated Saddam miscalculations by waging economic war on Iran

Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani says the United States unleashed an economic war on Iran after leaving the 2015 nuclear deal based on the same “miscalculations” made by former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein in 1980, when he led Iraq into an invasion of Iran.

Tehran hosting National Exhibition of Sacred Defense achievements

On display is the latest in cutting-edge military technology – ranging from cruise missiles and submarines to next-generation drones and battlefield vehicles. The event is held at the Sacred Defense Museum and on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of Iraq’s imposed war in the 1980s.