Azerbaijan, Baku, May 21 / Trend S.Isayev, T. Jafarov/
Iran will be holding mass military maneuvers in Isfahan province on May 23, IRNA reported.
May 23 is the "Liberation of Khorramshahr" day in Iran. During the Iran-Iraq War, Khorramshahr was extensively ravaged by Iraqi forces.
The battle of Khorramshahr was the first major engagement between Iraqi and Iranians forces in the war.
After occupying the city on October 26, the city remained in Iraqi hands until April 1982, when the Iranians launched Operation Beit ol-Moqaddas to recapture the Khuzestan province.
The Iranians finally recaptured the city on May 23 after two days of bitter fighting, capturing 19,000 soldiers from a demoralized Iraqi Army after the fighting was over.
As a result, the Iraqis now know May 24 as "Martyr's Day", although the Iranians celebrate this day as the Liberation of Khorramshahr.
Commander of Iranian Land Forces, Gen. Ahmad Reza Pourdastan noted that all of Iranian Army's infantry will participate in the maneuvers.