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Wednesday 17 June 2015 - 11:45
Story Code : 168143

Leader appreciates nation's massive participation in martyrs funeral

Tehran, June 16, IRNA Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei in a message appreciated the people of Tehran for their magnificent presence in the farewell ceremony of 270 martyrs of the Sacred Defense (1980-88 Iran-Iraq war).

The leader's message came after the Iranian people took part in the funeral procession ceremony of 270 martyrs, including 175 divers.

The bodies of 270 martyrs, including 175 martyred divers, who had been killed during the Iraqi imposed war on the country in the 1980s and whose bodies were discovered in a mass grave very recently, were carried on the shoulders of tens of thousands of people in a funeral procession in the capital city on Tuesday.

By IRNA
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