Tehran (ISNA) – The parade ceremony of Iranian armed forces, marking the beginning of Iran’s Sacred Defense Week, was held on Sunday September 22 in Bandar Abbas City in the presence of Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani.

There were also massive naval parades held in Persian Gulf to mark the Sacred Defense Week.

Iran’s Sacred Defense refers to the beginning of an eight-year war, launched by the regime of slain Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein in late September 1980 on Iran.