Iran pays tribute to Dezful as 'symbol of resistance and sacrifice'
The Iranian Foreign Ministry has commemorated the National Day of Resistance and Withstanding that is named after the resilience of the city of Dezful in the face of Iraqi attacks during the 1980s imposed war.
In an X post on Sunday, ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said the city, situated in the southwestern Khuzestan Province, was never emptied despite being targeted by the enemy using 176 missiles, 489 bombs and rockets, and 5,821 artillery shells.
"For Iranians, Dezful is not just the name of a city on the map; it is a symbol of the resistance and sacrifice of the people who refused to migrate or surrender so that Iran could remain," he said.
Supported by major Western and regional states, former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein launched a massive invasion in 1980 in a bid to seize resource-rich Khuzestan, less than two years after Iran's Islamic Revolution.
With the army mostly in disarray, Iranians closed ranks under the leadership of the late founder of the Islamic Republic Imam Khomeini as they rushed to the warfronts to push back Iraqi forces and liberate occupied territories.
The war ended in 1988 with a ceasefire deal, with the Iraqi dictator failing to achieve any of his goals and Iran not conceding an inch of its territory.
On May 24-30, Iran marks Khuzestan Week, which begins with the anniversary of the 1982 liberation of Khorramshahr city from Iraqi occupation.
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