IRGC marks Sacred Defense Week with message on national unity
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said the wartime period it calls the Sacred Defense helped shape national power and cohesion.
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps issued a statement marking the start of Sacred Defense Week, according to IRNA.
In the statement, the IRGC described the period it calls the Sacred Defense as a strategic school of thought that contributed to national power and unity. That characterization is the organization’s own assessment as presented by the Iranian state news agency.
The supplied material does not include the full statement or any new policy announcement. The item is primarily a commemorative message from the IRGC tied to the annual observance.
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