TEHRAN (Basirat) :Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has met with a number university and school students who are on convoys (known as Rahian-e Noor) going to visit former war zones in the south and southwest of Iran where Iranian forces fought off the Iraqi aggression in the 1980s. In the meeting, Ayatollah Khamenei described the Sacred Defense era (the eight-year Iraqi war) as a glorious and gilded chapter in the history of Iran and the Revolution.

TEHRAN (Basirat) :The Basij (voluntary) forces that are under command of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) are ready to assist with tree planting programs across Iran, IRGC Commander Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari said.