Iran Press/Iran news: Speaking at the first meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Holy Defense Research Institute of Lt. Gen. Qasem Soleimani on Thursday, Maj. Gen. Mohammad Bagheri said: “The facts and truth of Holy Defense (8-year Iraqi imposed war against Iran) should be made available at all levels to future generations.”
In this regard, Chief Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Maj. Gen. Hossein Salami told the reporters on the sidelines of the meeting: “The resistance movement shows the capacity of the Iranian nation to live a glorious life; therefore, passing it on to other generations is an important issue.”
The senior Aide and Adviser to the Leader of the Islamic Revolution Director of the research institute, Maj. Gen. Yahya Rahim-Safavi, referred to the effective interactions of the Holy Defense Research Institute with other scientific centers of the country, saying: “In order to interact with other scientific centers of the country and the Armed Forces, meetings were held with the heads of 23 academic centers and contracts were signed with them.”
He added that the institute intends to inspect various issues of the Holy Defense from a strategic point of view and determine what strategic decisions Iran has made and how those decisions were made in the political, economic, and military fields during different periods of the 8-year war.
General Baqeri, also elaborated on the missions of the Holy Defense Research Institute of Lt. Gen. Qasem Soleimani, saying: “ To analyze the support of the world powers to Saddam's Ba'athist regime, the reasons for the continuation of the war after the liberation of Khorramshahr and the end of the war, the strategic operations of during the Iran-Iraq war, the strategic levels of issues related to the axis of resistance and maintaining security at the strategic level are among the missions of the research institute.”
Senior military commanders of Iran attended the first meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Holy Defense Research Institute of Lt. Gen. Qasem Soleimani on Thursday, including the Chief Commander of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army Maj. Gen. Seyyed Abdolrahim Mousavi, and the Chief Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Maj. Gen. Hossein Salami.
The research institute has started its work since last year with new changes and structure.
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