News ID: 351432
Publish Date: 26 May 2012 - 07:30

Khoramshahr is Still Resisting

Navideshahed: May 23 of each year reminds us of the magnificent epic created by the Iranian nation during the Iran-Iraq war era. It was the epic that was made by some strong persons who had followed the story of Ashura. With no modern weaponries but with a heart full of reliance and belief to God they stood against the forts of Iraqi Baathist enemy and it is better to say that they fought against the Yazidiyans of the time! They fought against the enemy in order to create a golden page for the history of greatness and zeal of Iranians.

I'd like to speak about Khorramshahr. Khorramshahr was a place that witnessed the martyrdom of those martyrs that during those hot days whispered the name of Ya Hussein (AS). They created another Karbalayee manifestation by their everlasting presence …

The epic of Khorramshahr conquest is a combination of creating beautiful scenes of defending the country, religion and honor and some painful scenes from the brutality and features of wolfs of the enemy that who fought against the best worshippers of God and they created nothing for themselves expect disgrace.

The epic of defending Khorramshahr was a beautiful board of solidarity of few society including the Muslim women and men from Iran that although they had little facilities, but they had strong beliefs and they defended their country so greatly in a way that they seemed to get the best grade of innocence from their lord Hussein Ebn Ali (AS) and they drank the sweet drink of martyrdom like him too.

The epic of Khorramshahr makes the heart of any liberal person to ache. Each person that reviews this story and repeats it in each May, he/she can understand the brutality of the enemy that had been fully armed and with a heart that was empty of belief bombarded the people of this city. In fact we should review the history of this event in details in case to understand the realities.

In the evening of September 22, 1980 the silence of Khorramshahr groves was broken with the dreadful sound of bombs and the city was bombarded heavily by the Iraqi Baathist forces. A great deal of heavy and light weaponries of enemy surprised the inhabitants of the city and they did not know what to do during the attack.

The fires were blazing and flaming in the city and everything was burning under the red fire of enemy. The explosion sounds would not stop even for a moment…Within a short period of time, the hospitals were filled of injured patients…Many of the people specially the youths came to the public mosque and the military bases in order to get arranged for resistance against the enemy. The resistance groups under the commandership of martyr Mohammad Jahan Ara were formed and the conflicts began. This war for the other side was considered invasion of another country and using artillery, tanks, mortars heavy weapons and armored forces and for the people of Khorramshahr was only a defense with M 1 and G3, the flaming batteries and some R.P.G guns.

34 days of resistance and struggles under such a situation, although led to the martyrdom of many of the people of Khorramshahr, but it made the enemy to stop and not reach its objectives so quickly, so that they were not able to occupy Khorramshahr city so immediately. Although Khorramshahr was nicknamed as the city of blood and it experienced 587 days of occupation by the enemy, but it was not abandoned by the people and nation of Iran and it always remained as the beating heart of Iran.

If you review the October 26, 1980 with another glance, you should consider it as the peak of epics by the city of blood. When the defenders left their hearts in the city and with the thought of returning to the city said good bye to the city. The epic of defending the bloody city although was manifested during 34 days, but there is no doubt that the sacrifices and resistance of the defenders was encouraging and admirable.

Khorramshahr was occupied by the Iraqi Baathist forces on October 26, 1980 after 34 days of great resistance of Iranian war veterans. This city was under the occupation of the Iraqi Baathist forces for 578 days (19 months). Khorramshahr was occupied, but its champions and hero and defenders created many epics, resistance and sacrifices in the history of this place and caused that the enemy not to risk more than that and do not wish to occupy Abadan city and even Khuzistan city. In fact this resistance created a self-reliance for the war veterans of Iran which led to pushing back the enemy forces from the occupied lands.

The occupation of Khorramshahr was significant for the Iraqi Baathist regime which they named it as the winning card to force Iran to enter any negotiations for peace, but the liberation of this city for us was a symbol of imposing the determination of the Islamic Republic of Iran against the violation and proving the superiority of Iran’s military.
At 2:00 o’clock in the afternoon of May 23, 1982, after 24 days of continuous conflicts within four stages of joint operation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps and the Islamic Republic of Iran’s Army, Khorramshahr was fully liberated and the military operation of Beitol Moghadas which had been started on April 30 was successful and defeated the enemy. By this liberation, the motto of ‘There is no hand higher than the hand of God’ came true.

After the liberation of the city, the great flag of the Islamic Republic of Iran was raised on the half-damaged public mosque of Khorramshahr city and also a flag was raised on the damaged bridge of this city. The Iranian war veterans in the first reaction, they held a thanking prayer in the public mosque of Khorramshahr city.

The anniversary of Khorramshahr liberation is known as a national day in our country; because since this time that war got out of the defensive position for Iranian forces and it became an attacking war and it became a beginning for the victories of Iranian forces during different military operations. That is why that on the next day of Khorramshahr Liberation, the international peace committees started their commissions in order to stop the war and the preventive resolutions of the United Nations were issued.

Khorramshahr Liberation relied on science and belief of domestic forces and they would be considered as the milestones of the contemporary Iran’s history.

Imam Khomeini regarding the liberation of Khorramshahr city said: “Khorramshahr was liberated by God.”? Yes only the God can bring the superiority to the forces and to neutralize the conspiracy of the cheaters.

The conquest of Khorramshahr was not only the capture of a land; it was the conquest of high divine values which had been gotten by the Iranian war veterans. The Iraqi Baathist regime had attacked Iran by the supports of the eastern and western powers in order to overthrow the Islamic Revolution. The war that according to the claim of Saddam could be ended within three days lasted for 8 years and it was converted into the epics and sacrifices of Iranian war veterans.

By the conquest of Khorramshahr city ruined the equitation of the experts and military counselors who belonged to the eastern and western countries and this easy equation was converted into a simultaneous equation, but this event became an opportunity for Iran.

Yes 30 years have passed since that marvelous epic and this day is registered as a national day in the official calendar and every year by holding different occasions, the memory and remembrance of this divine conquest is celebrated and it promotes the morale of sacrifice, belief and martyrdom seeking in the revolutionary community of Iran.

At the end of this report I notify that since many years have passed since the end of Iran-Iraq war era, but unfortunately the depravity and innocence can be seen in many of the Iran-Iraq war zones especially in Khuzistan province. Khorramshahr has not been developed as the people of this city deserve that and the authorities must pay more attentions to this city. It is really regretful and strange that still some damaged places from the Iran-Iraq war era can be seen in the city. Today Khorramshahr stands against the shortages only because of the warm breathing of its people. The health, cultural, social, economic, poverty and unemployment problems exist in this city which is the symbol of resistance; the nation that has a firm bone requires that the authorities to pay more attentions to the problems and the situation of this undeveloped city should be resolved in a way that it deserves for the people of this city.

The End

I'd like to speak about Khorramshahr. Khorramshahr was a place that witnessed the martyrdom of those martyrs that during those hot days whispered the name of Ya Hussein (AS). They created another Karbalayee manifestation by their everlasting presence … The epic of Khorramshahr conquest is a combination of creating beautiful scenes of defending the country, religion and honor and some painful scenes from the brutality and features of wolfs of the enemy that who fought against the best worshippers of God and they created nothing for themselves expect disgrace. The epic of defending Khorramshahr was a beautiful board of solidarity of few society including the Muslim women and men from Iran that although they had little facilities, but they had strong beliefs and they defended their country so greatly in a way that they seemed to get the best grade of innocence from their lord Hussein Ebn Ali (AS) and they drank the sweet drink of martyrdom like him too. The epic of Khorramshahr makes the heart of any liberal person to ache. Each person that reviews this story and repeats it in each May, he/she can understand the brutality of the enemy that had been fully armed and with a heart that was empty of belief bombarded the people of this city. In fact we should review the history of this event in details in case to understand the realities. In the evening of September 22, 1980 the silence of Khorramshahr groves was broken with the dreadful sound of bombs and the city was bombarded heavily by the Iraqi Baathist forces. A great deal of heavy and light weaponries of enemy surprised the inhabitants of the city and they did not know what to do during the attack. The fires were blazing and flaming in the city and everything was burning under the red fire of enemy. The explosion sounds would not stop even for a moment…Within a short period of time, the hospitals were filled of injured patients…Many of the people specially the youths came to the public mosque and the military bases in order to get arranged for resistance against the enemy. The resistance groups under the commandership of martyr Mohammad Jahan Ara were formed and the conflicts began. This war for the other side was considered invasion of another country and using artillery, tanks, mortars heavy weapons and armored forces and for the people of Khorramshahr was only a defense with M 1 and G3, the flaming batteries and some R.P.G guns. 34 days of resistance and struggles under such a situation, although led to the martyrdom of many of the people of Khorramshahr, but it made the enemy to stop and not reach its objectives so quickly, so that they were not able to occupy Khorramshahr city so immediately. Although Khorramshahr was nicknamed as the city of blood and it experienced 587 days of occupation by the enemy, but it was not abandoned by the people and nation of Iran and it always remained as the beating heart of Iran. If you review the October 26, 1980 with another glance, you should consider it as the peak of epics by the city of blood. When the defenders left their hearts in the city and with the thought of returning to the city said good bye to the city. The epic of defending the bloody city although was manifested during 34 days, but there is no doubt that the sacrifices and resistance of the defenders was encouraging and admirable. Khorramshahr was occupied by the Iraqi Baathist forces on October 26, 1980 after 34 days of great resistance of Iranian war veterans. This city was under the occupation of the Iraqi Baathist forces for 578 days (19 months). Khorramshahr was occupied, but its champions and hero and defenders created many epics, resistance and sacrifices in the history of this place and caused that the enemy not to risk more than that and do not wish to occupy Abadan city and even Khuzistan city. In fact this resistance created a self-reliance for the war veterans of Iran which led to pushing back the enemy forces from the occupied lands. The occupation of Khorramshahr was significant for the Iraqi Baathist regime which they named it as the winning card to force Iran to enter any negotiations for peace, but the liberation of this city for us was a symbol of imposing the determination of the Islamic Republic of Iran against the violation and proving the superiority of Iran’s military. At 2:00 o’clock in the afternoon of May 23, 1982, after 24 days of continuous conflicts within four stages of joint operation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps and the Islamic Republic of Iran’s Army, Khorramshahr was fully liberated and the military operation of Beitol Moghadas which had been started on April 30 was successful and defeated the enemy. By this liberation, the motto of ‘There is no hand higher than the hand of God’ came true. After the liberation of the city, the great flag of the Islamic Republic of Iran was raised on the half-damaged public mosque of Khorramshahr city and also a flag was raised on the damaged bridge of this city. The Iranian war veterans in the first reaction, they held a thanking prayer in the public mosque of Khorramshahr city. The anniversary of Khorramshahr liberation is known as a national day in our country; because since this time that war got out of the defensive position for Iranian forces and it became an attacking war and it became a beginning for the victories of Iranian forces during different military operations. That is why that on the next day of Khorramshahr Liberation, the international peace committees started their commissions in order to stop the war and the preventive resolutions of the United Nations were issued. Khorramshahr Liberation relied on science and belief of domestic forces and they would be considered as the milestones of the contemporary Iran’s history. Imam Khomeini regarding the liberation of Khorramshahr city said: “Khorramshahr was liberated by God.”? Yes only the God can bring the superiority to the forces and to neutralize the conspiracy of the cheaters. The conquest of Khorramshahr was not only the capture of a land; it was the conquest of high divine values which had been gotten by the Iranian war veterans. The Iraqi Baathist regime had attacked Iran by the supports of the eastern and western powers in order to overthrow the Islamic Revolution. The war that according to the claim of Saddam could be ended within three days lasted for 8 years and it was converted into the epics and sacrifices of Iranian war veterans. By the conquest of Khorramshahr city ruined the equitation of the experts and military counselors who belonged to the eastern and western countries and this easy equation was converted into a simultaneous equation, but this event became an opportunity for Iran. Yes 30 years have passed since that marvelous epic and this day is registered as a national day in the official calendar and every year by holding different occasions, the memory and remembrance of this divine conquest is celebrated and it promotes the morale of sacrifice, belief and martyrdom seeking in the revolutionary community of Iran. At the end of this report I notify that since many years have passed since the end of Iran-Iraq war era, but unfortunately the depravity and innocence can be seen in many of the Iran-Iraq war zones especially in Khuzistan province. Khorramshahr has not been developed as the people of this city deserve that and the authorities must pay more attentions to this city. It is really regretful and strange that still some damaged places from the Iran-Iraq war era can be seen in the city. Today Khorramshahr stands against the shortages only because of the warm breathing of its people. The health, cultural, social, economic, poverty and unemployment problems exist in this city which is the symbol of resistance; the nation that has a firm bone requires that the authorities to pay more attentions to the problems and the situation of this undeveloped city should be resolved in a way that it deserves for the people of this city. The End
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