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The city of Khorramshahr in the southwestern province of Khuzestan was liberated from the occupation of the Iraqi army led by toppled Saddam Hussein in n May 24, 1982 thanks to sacrifices of brave Iranian combatants.
Iranian people always remember that day, President Rouhani said today in Tehran.
After Khorramshahr liberated, the Iranian nation proved that their determination will overcome every obstacle even when the enemies have the most modern weapons, the President noted.
Khorramshahr, which had been occupied by the then Iraqi president Saddam Hussein during the Iraqi imposed war on Iran 1980-88, was liberated by a landmark operation of the Iranian forces on May 24, 1982.
The brave Iranian forces through a landmark operation code-named Beit-ol-Moqaddas could recapture that part of the Iranian soil.
Iraq’s eight years of the imposed war claimed the lives of 230,000 Iranian soldiers and left near 600,000 war-disabled. While, about 43,000 Iranians were captivated by the Iraqi forces and many others gone missing.
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