Khorramshahr liberation marked an exemplary display of Iranian heroism under Imam Khomeini ...

Iran is marking the 42th anniversary of the liberation of the southwestern city of Khorramshahr from forces of the ex-Iraqi dictator’s regime in the course of the eight-year war imposed on the Islamic Republic in 1980s. Iranian forces recaptured the strategic port city during landmark operation code-named Beit ol-Moqaddas in 1982, putting an end to over 500 days of the Iraqi occupation.

‘Khorramshahr liberation a sweet lesson of resistance, sacrifice’

The liberation of the southwestern city of Khorramshahr during Iraq’s war of aggression against Iran in the 1980s taught everyone the sweet lesson of resistance, sacrifice and martyrdom, says the representative of Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei to Khuzestan Province.

Imam attributed Khorramshahr liberation to divine assistance