Speaking at a press conference yesterday, Brigadier General Bahman Kargar said that resident Hassan Rouhani will attend the military parades in Tehran that mark the Sacred Defense Week on the 39th anniversary of the onset of the Iraqi imposed war on the Islamic Republic.
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He said on Tuesday that just like the past years, the countrywide military parades will be staged on the first day of the Sacred Defense Week (September 22).
“President Rouhani will observe the parades in Tehran,” he added.
The president will deliver a speech during the event, which will be attended by top military commanders.
He added that Sacred Defense Week is a national movement and it is expected the look of the city to change totally.
He reiterated that if someone wants to monopolize the Sacred Defense, he has distorted the history because everybody has been present in the Sacred Defense and it does not belong to a certain walk of life, reiterating people are the real owner of the Sacred Defense.
He added that the organizers have prepared different programs with an eye on the youth’s interests and cyber space.
Kargar went on to say that this year’s slogan will be “We Are Victorious” as the slogan for last year was “We Could”.
He also noted that the programs will be diverse and in the provincial and national levels which will begin on September 22 by the parades.
Every year, various units of the Iranian Armed Forces representing the Navy, Air Force, Army Ground Force, Airborne division, the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), and Police hold parades to honor the martyrs of the eight-year imposed Iraqi war.
