Abbas Salehi made the statement in his message on September 20 on the occasion of 40th anniversary of the Sacred Defense Week (starting September 21), ISNA wrote.

“This pure moral and human value requires attention and efforts of responsible people and culture lovers so that they do not spare any effort in transferring these concepts to the next generations.”

Showing honorable defense of Iranians during the eight years of the Sacred Defense (1980-1988) in cultural fields is among the achievements of Iran’s Islamic history, he said.

Holding cultural events to commemorate the Sacred Defense and reviewing the memories of the Iranian combatants would guide the next generations to move toward the Islamic Revolution goals.

Commemorating the 40th anniversary of the Sacred Defense could be an opportunity to transfer the concepts and teachings of the Sacred Defense to the present generation to pass on the achievements of the eight-year period to the younger generation and inform them about this culture, the minister said.

“The lessons and messages of the Sacred Defense playing the role of a model meeting the needs of today’s society seeking to achieve the goals of the Islamic Revolution,” he said.

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According To Iran News, Chief Commander of Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Major General Hossein Salami paid a visit to the family of ‘security martyr’ Morteza Ebrahimi, who was killed during the recent unrest in Iran, in Shahriar, Tehran province on Sunday.

General Salami, in this meeting, hailed the role of the Iranian nation in foiling the plots of the enemies.

IRGC, in a statement on November 18, announced that it will give a harsh response to any unrest stirred up in the country that would threaten the security of the Iranian nation.

In its statement, IRGC expressed gratitude for the awareness of the Iranian nation against those who aim to take advantage of peaceful demonstrations of Iranians against the implementation of the recently approved fuel scheme.

Based on a decision made by the Judiciary, Legislative and Administrative branches, the government implemented a new gasoline rationing and price revision plan on Friday. Following the decision, a number of Iranian cities saw sporadic protesters that turned violent in some cases.

Today, the Iranian Law Enforcement forces said that in cooperation with other security apparatuses and the cooperation of vigilant people as many as 180 major elements behind the recent riots in the country have been arrested so far.

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