Iranian Armed Forces stage parade, mark Sacred Defense Week
ISNA - Iranian Students' News Agency
Mon 22 Sep 2014 - 11:04
TEHRAN (ISNA)- Iranian Armed Forces staged a massive parade on Monday concurrent with the beginning of Sacred Defense Week, start of the 8-year imposed war against Iran by former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani as well as commanders of Army, Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) and Basij forces took part in the parade.
Iranian Armed Forces plan to show their latest achievements in the parade as well.
Commander-in-chief of the Iranian Army Ataollah Salehi, Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Hassan Firouzabadi, Iran's Ground Force Commander Brigadier General Ahmad Reza Pourdastan, Iran's Navy Commander Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari, the Commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari took part in the ceremony.
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