Holy Defense in the Eyes of the Global Press:

Aerial Fight between Iran and Iraq

Navideshahed: \"War between Iran and Iraq in the Eyes of the Global Press\" series is based on the press documents and scraps from the foreign press in the National Holy Defense Documents Center whose literature dates back to the very early days of war between Iran and Iraq when the Bureau for War Propaganda was just founded.

News ID: ۳۶۱۸۹۶

يکشنبه - ۱۲ آبان ۲۰۱۲ / 2012 12 August

The Culture and Epic Service of the Iranian Student’s News Agency (ISNA) has reviewed the realities of the timed before the Imposed War Era by referring to some of the historical sources:

The Continuity of Air Strikes between Iran and Iraq
Main Language: English
Number: 000381
Source: Afdiyar/ xinhua / Beijing
Date: January 10, 1980

Translator: Rasoul Mansouri

Source of News

Yesterday the Iranian jets attacked Baghdad and according to the reports of western Medias, they directly targeted a Powerhouse.

During this attack a thermo-electrical powerhouse located in south Baghdad was exploded and after five hours passing from the bombardments, still the flames of the fire could be seen and a very heavy causality was reported as well.

Also the Iranian aircrafts attacked a nuclear reactor in north Baghdad and they created many losses to the arsenal close to that. Also an oil pipe line located in south Baghdad was exploded and many cars were damaged as well.

According to the announcement of Iraq’s army, the cities that were targeted by the Iranian aircrafts yesterday include Kirkuk, Arbil, Movasel and Kikrit.

Iraq has claimed that during the attacks which took place yesterday, it has shot down 9 Iranian aircrafts and seven aircrafts have been shot down on the sky of Baghdad and one aircraft was shot down on Arbil city and another aircraft was targeted on the sky of Tikrit.

In this announcement it has been mentioned that the Iraqi aircrafts directly attacked the forces that attempted to reach Dezful city. Also they damaged the place of landing for helicopters and they destroyed an arsenal of munitions and they killed many Iranian forces in Ahvaz city.

The Iran’s casualty include the destruction of oil installation in Ahvaz, a factory in Abadan city, a marine unit and oil installations in Khorramshahr city.

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The Culture and Epic Service of the Iranian Student’s News Agency (ISNA) has reviewed the realities of the timed before the Imposed War Era by referring to some of the historical sources: The Continuity of Air Strikes between Iran and Iraq Main Language: English Number: 000381 Source: Afdiyar/ xinhua / Beijing Date: January 10, 1980 Translator: Rasoul Mansouri Source of News Yesterday the Iranian jets attacked Baghdad and according to the reports of western Medias, they directly targeted a Powerhouse. During this attack a thermo-electrical powerhouse located in south Baghdad was exploded and after five hours passing from the bombardments, still the flames of the fire could be seen and a very heavy causality was reported as well. Also the Iranian aircrafts attacked a nuclear reactor in north Baghdad and they created many losses to the arsenal close to that. Also an oil pipe line located in south Baghdad was exploded and many cars were damaged as well. According to the announcement of Iraq’s army, the cities that were targeted by the Iranian aircrafts yesterday include Kirkuk, Arbil, Movasel and Kikrit. Iraq has claimed that during the attacks which took place yesterday, it has shot down 9 Iranian aircrafts and seven aircrafts have been shot down on the sky of Baghdad and one aircraft was shot down on Arbil city and another aircraft was targeted on the sky of Tikrit. In this announcement it has been mentioned that the Iraqi aircrafts directly attacked the forces that attempted to reach Dezful city. Also they damaged the place of landing for helicopters and they destroyed an arsenal of munitions and they killed many Iranian forces in Ahvaz city. The Iran’s casualty include the destruction of oil installation in Ahvaz, a factory in Abadan city, a marine unit and oil installations in Khorramshahr city. The End