The Sacred Defence Week ( ''Hafte Defâ Moqaddas'', also translated ''Holy Defence Week'') is an Iranian annual commemoration of the 1980–1988

Iran–Iraq War The Iran–Iraq War, also known as the First Gulf War, was an armed conflict between Iran and Iraq that lasted from September 1980 to August 1988. Active hostilities began with the Iraqi invasion of Iran and lasted for nearly eight years, unti ...

(often called "the Sacred Defence" in Iran). It is marked by military parades. It is set by the

Iranian calendar The Iranian calendars or Iranian chronologies (, ) are a succession of calendars created and used for over two millennia in Iran, also known as Persia. One of the longest chronological records in human history, the Iranian calendar has been modi ...

and begins on

Shahrivar Shahrivar (, ) is the sixth month of the Solar Hijri calendar, the official calendar of Iran and Afghanistan. Shahrivar has thirty-one days. It begins in August and ends in September by the Gregorian calendar. The Afghan Persian name is Sonbol ...

31. The Iraqi president,

Saddam Hussein Saddam Hussein (28 April 1937 – 30 December 2006) was an Iraqi politician and revolutionary who served as the fifth president of Iraq from 1979 until Saddam Hussein statue destruction, his overthrow in 2003 during the 2003 invasion of Ira ...

at the time, tore up the 1975 Algerian agreement by appearing in front of Iraqi television cameras, announcing the start of the Ba'athist regime's invasion of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Seyyed Ruhollah Khomeini, as the leader and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran, is responsible for its strategic recognition and guidance.Among the actions of Seyyed Ruhollah Khomeini during the Iran-Iraq war were the mass mobilization and organization of the Iranian people and the armed forces, the development of military organization, the establishment of coordination and cohesion between the armed forces, and the encouragement of war. This week was known as War Week or Imposed War Week and was later renamed Holy Defense Week.

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Annual events in Iran Observances set by the Solar Hijri calendar Iran–Iraq War Military of Iran September observances Autumn in Iran {{iran-mil-stub