A Martyr in Najaf

On a November 1984 Tuesday, the Iranian Islamic forces attacked a war zone located in east of Basra. During this attack one of the Iraqi officers whose name was Mohammad Hussein Kazem from Najaf was injured and he stayed in the war zone. When the Iranian forces controlled the war zone completely, one of the Iranian forces moved toward Hussein and after greeting him, he asked him to say where he was from? Hussein responded, I’m from Najaf;

The Iranian solider started crying and he asked him to give a plaque that the birthday and the name of Hussein are written on that and he said: “if you were martyred, we will bury your body near the Shrine of Imam Ali (AS).”?

After a few minutes the attacks between the Iranian and Iraqi forces was intensified and the same soldier was martyred by the Iraqi forces. When the Iraqi forces evacuate their injured and dead ones from the war zone, they see the body of that soldier whose name was Mohammad Hussein Kazem from Najaf. They hand over his body to his family. When the family thinks that they are seeing their own child, they bury him in Maghbareh Al-Eslam near the shrine of Imam Ali (AS).


After a few days, Hussein informs his family that he is injured and he is in one of the hospitals.

The End

Source: Memories of Iraqi soldiers from ‘Today is your day’,

Publication: Islamic Propaganda Artistic Center

Page: 242

On a November 1984 Tuesday, the Iranian Islamic forces attacked a war zone located in east of Basra. During this attack one of the Iraqi officers whose name was Mohammad Hussein Kazem from Najaf was injured and he stayed in the war zone. When the Iranian forces controlled the war zone completely, one of the Iranian forces moved toward Hussein and after greeting him, he asked him to say where he was from? Hussein responded, I’m from Najaf; The Iranian solider started crying and he asked him to give a plaque that the birthday and the name of Hussein are written on that and he said: “if you were martyred, we will bury your body near the Shrine of Imam Ali (AS).”? After a few minutes the attacks between the Iranian and Iraqi forces was intensified and the same soldier was martyred by the Iraqi forces. When the Iraqi forces evacuate their injured and dead ones from the war zone, they see the body of that soldier whose name was Mohammad Hussein Kazem from Najaf. They hand over his body to his family. When the family thinks that they are seeing their own child, they bury him in Maghbareh Al-Eslam near the shrine of Imam Ali (AS). After a few days, Hussein informs his family that he is injured and he is in one of the hospitals. The End Source: Memories of Iraqi soldiers from ‘Today is your day’, Publication: Islamic Propaganda Artistic Center Page: 242