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.

Israel only obstacle to establishing WMD-free zone in West Asia: Iran’s FM

The Iranian foreign minister has slammed Israel’s non-adherence to chemical weapons disarmament treaties as the primary barrier to regional stability, while also lashing out at the United States for non-compliance.

Today marks the forty-fifth anniversary of the outbreak of Saddam's Ba'athist regime's aggression ...

Today marks the forty-fifth anniversary of the outbreak of the Imposed War, an eight-year war of aggression launched by Saddam Hussein's Ba'athist regime against the Islamic Republic of Iran that would become one of the longest conventional wars of the twentieth century.

What could be learned from the holy defense week?

How Ba’athist Iraq tore up Algiers Agreement and imposed war on Iran

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.

The epic liberation of Khorramshahr that turned the tide of imposed war

The 3rd of Khordad (May 24th) in the Iranian calendar marks the anniversary of the liberation of Khorramshahr – a turning moment in the eight-year imposed war (1980–1988) and a heroic event that demonstrated Iran’s military strength against arrogant forces.

Iran urges Germany to probe wartime supply of chemical weapons to Iraq

Iran has called for full accountability for the use of chemical weapons during the Iran-Iraq War, urging Germany to investigate and reveal the truth about its role in arming the regime of former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein with the destructive weapons.

Imam Khomeini successfully monitored struggle for Islamic Revolution while in exile

Imam Khomeini was, in fact, constantly, and acutely aware of the connections between Iranian affairs and those of the Muslim world in general and the Arab lands in particular.