Sacred Defense

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Iranian political terminology Iran–Iraq War historical term

Sacred Defense is the term used in Iran to refer to the Iran–Iraq War (1980–1988), emphasizing its portrayal as a just and defensive struggle.

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Label Occurrences
Sacred Defense canonical 2
Sacred Defense Week 1

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Iranian political terminology ⓘ
Iran–Iraq War ⓘ
historical term ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Defa-e Moqaddas ⓘ
associatedWith Basij ⓘ
Islamic Republic of Iran Army ⓘ
surface form: Iranian regular army

Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps ⓘ
commemoratedBy Iranian war cinema ⓘ
Iranian war literature ⓘ
Sacred Defense self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Sacred Defense Week

martyrs’ cemeteries in Iran ⓘ
state ceremonies in Iran ⓘ
war museums in Iran ⓘ
conflictType border war ⓘ
interstate war ⓘ
total war ⓘ
countryOfUse Iran ⓘ
endEvent ceasefire following UN Security Council Resolution 598 ⓘ
endTime 1988 ⓘ
hasPart Chemical attacks on Iranian targets ⓘ
Iran–Iraq War ⓘ
surface form: Iraqi invasion of Iran

Battle of Khorramshahr ⓘ
surface form: Liberation of Khorramshahr

Operation Tariq al-Qods ⓘ
surface form: Operation Beit ol-Moqaddas

Operation Fath ol-Mobin ⓘ
Operation Tariq al-Qods ⓘ
Tanker War ⓘ
War of the Cities ⓘ
hasPerspective defensive war ⓘ
just war ⓘ
hasTheme martyrdom ⓘ
national unity ⓘ
resistance ⓘ
ideologicalFraming national defense ⓘ
religious duty ⓘ
language Persian ⓘ
location Iran ⓘ
Iraq ⓘ
mainBelligerent Iran ⓘ
surface form: Islamic Republic of Iran

Iraq ⓘ
surface form: Republic of Iraq
opponent Saddam Hussein ⓘ
surface form: Saddam Hussein government
politicalContext post-1979 Iranian Revolution period ⓘ
refersTo Iran–Iraq War ⓘ
religiousContext Shia Islam ⓘ
startEvent Iraqi invasion of Iran on 22 September 1980 ⓘ
startTime 1980 ⓘ
timePeriod Cold War ⓘ
surface form: Cold War era
UNResolution United Nations Security Council Resolution 598 ⓘ
usedBy Iranian cultural institutions ⓘ
Iranian officials ⓘ
Iranian school textbooks ⓘ
Iranian state media ⓘ
Iran ⓘ
surface form: Islamic Republic of Iran

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Iran–Iraq War → alsoKnownAs → Sacred Defense ⓘ
Imposed War → altLabel → Sacred Defense ⓘ
Sacred Defense → commemoratedBy → Sacred Defense self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sacred Defense Week