Operation Mersad: How Iran foiled Saddam's final gambit 38 years ago

Today marks the 38th anniversary of Operation Mersad, the legendary and highly successful military counteroffensive through which the Islamic Republic of Iran dismantled the Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) terror cult and permanently ended Saddam Hussein's delusional aspirations of military victory over Iran.

Iranians broke pomposity of super powers of east and west in imposed war: Imam Khomeini

Forty-five years ago, on September 17, 1980, the Ba'athist regime of Iraq tore up the 1975 Algiers Agreement, a pivotal treaty that had delineated the border with Iran along the thalweg of the strategic Arvand River and ushered in a brief period of détente between the two neighbors.

We had known our friends and enemies in the imposed war: Imam Khomeini

Leader says Iran's main confrontation is with global hegemony, not a bunch of rioters

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says Iran's battle is not with a group of rioters who have recently wreaked havoc in the country, adding "the main confrontation is with the global hegemony".

Leader hails Iranian nation in anti-virus battle

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has praised the Iranian nation’s “shining” performance in the fight against the deadly coronavirus pandemic, which he described as a "test” facing the entire world.

Leader lauds Iranian nation’s tremendous victory in thwarting enemy plot

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has lauded the Iranian nation’s tremendous victory in thwarting a “dangerous” enemy plot to take advantage of the government's gas price hike as an opportunity to commit acts of violence and vandalism in line with a subversive agenda.

Iran emerged victorious due to Imam Khomeini’s leadership

The Iranian nation under wise leadership of Imam Khomeini managed to foil all plots hatched by the Saddam regime and its colonial backers.

Imam Khomeini Idea of Basij Insured Revolution

The founder of the Islamic Republic insured and shielded the values of the Islamic Revolution by establishing the institution and mobilizing volunteer forces.