Operation Eagle Claw, declawed by Tabas sand

Iran has marked the anniversary of the failed 1980 US military operation in the central Iranian desert region of Tabas known as Operation Eagle Claw.

America's defeat in Tabas desert

Divine hidden assistance triggered US defeat in Tabas desert, Imam Khomeini highlighted

April 25, 1980 is reminiscent of the aggressive attack of the special combat forces of the American regime on the territorial integrity of the Islamic Republic of Iran and their illegal entry into Tabas Desert. Imam Khomeini said that American failure and defeat was originated from hidden assistance from God the Almighty for the faithful Iranian people.

Historical portraits of US failure in Tabas

America's defeat in Tabas desert

How US can learn lessons from humiliating defeat in Tabas Desert in 1980?

Leader says Islamic Revolution saved Iran from moral, political decline

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has reiterated that the 1979 Islamic Revolution saved Iran from sinking into a moral, religious and political decline, crediting heroic sacrifices of martyrs and their families for the epic movement.

Imam Khomeini welcomed us with open arms.

From a collection of memoirs about Imam Khomeini