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.

The holy defense week reminds the names and memory of the martyrs

Iran’s chemical warfare victims living proof of hollowness of West’s human rights claims: Official

A senior Iranian diplomat has slammed Western governments for their double standards on human rights, saying the Islamic Republic’s chemical warfare victims stand as undeniable evidence of the hypocrisy behind Western human rights narratives.

Iranians will never forget Western countries’ role in Saddam's chemical attacks during war

Iran's envoy to the UN says the Islamic Republic, as the main victim of chemical weapons, denounces the use of such weapons altogether as it is a serious violation of international law and a crime against humanity.

US, Israel blocking elimination of chemical weapons worldwide: Iran

An Iranian envoy to the United Nations has raised concerns about the possession of chemical weapons by the United States and Israel, describing the pair as the main obstacles to the elimination of such arms across the world.

US, allies accomplices to Saddam’s chemical attacks on Iran

On April 10, 1988, Saddam Hussein's warplanes unleashed chemical attacks on the Iranian city of Marivan, Kurdistan. Many civilians were killed and injured. Thirty-three years later, some victims are still suffering from the physical and psychological consequences of those attacks.

European firms sued for aiding Saddam’s chemical attacks against Iranians

Sardasht, a small city in Iran’s West Azerbaijan Province, was targeted by Saddam’s Iraq on June 28, 1987, when Iraqi bombers attacked four densely populated parts of Sardasht with fatal chemical gasses.

Iran stresses sovereignty over trio of Persian Gulf islands at UNSC

The Iranian ambassador to the United Nations has reiterated the country’s sovereignty over three Persian Gulf islands, saying those territories have always been and will always remain Iranian.