The Oldest Combatant of Sacred Defense Will Be Honored

TEHRAN, (SCIB) - The oldest combatant who is over 100 years old and attended and fought in battle fields during the sacred defense will be honored, Shahed Cultural Information Base reported.

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چهارشنبه - ۲۶ شهريور ۲۰۰۷ / 2007 26 June

According to the report, Haj Safarqoli Rahmanian, the father of a martyr and combatant during the sacred defense is 101 years old now. He lives in Shiraz at the present time. As the pioneer of Islam combatants who despite his age fought in battle fields and in the back of the battled fields against the Ba’thies of Iraq, Haj Safarqoli Rahmanian will be honored in Khoramshahr –The Capital city of Sacred defense- during Sacred Defense Week. This isargar combatant who was honored as one of the conqueror of Khoramshahr last year is a religious man in Fassa City in Fars Province. He has not quit night prayers for over 75 years. This sincere combatant loves Imam Khomeini and Ayatollah Khamenei (The supreme leader of Iran). He had established a group with his children, grandsons and other relatives during the sacred defense. He went to hajj pilgrimage last year when he was 100 years old. A stand will be built on his name as the brave old man of the sacred defense and as the pioneer of jihad and martyrdom in Khoramshahr Cultural Center of Sacred Defense. The stand will be located next to the stand of the 13 year old teenager, Martyr Behnam Mohammadi who was a martyr from Khoramshahr.