Tehran (IP) - The 11th edition of the National Exhibition of the Sacred Defense Book and Works will be opened on November 13, in Tehran.

Iran PressIran News: Brigadier Abdolreza Azadi, the Chairman of the Foundation for the Preservation and Publication of Sacred Defense Works and Values for the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) and Basij, told reporters on Tuesday that the lifestyle of martyrs should be transferred to the young generation by using the capacity of art and books in the field of the Sacred Defense. 

He appreciated the Iranian artist active in the field and said that such works have been welcomed by the audiences.

The exhibition will be underway until November 23 and 20 new books are scheduled to be unveiled there. 

Backed by almost the whole world, especially the US, the Ba'thist Regime of Saddam triggered a war on the Islamic Republic of Iran in 1980; The Iranian people of different religions and ethnicity stood against the invasion and made many self-sacrifices, which today are being narrated in the form of art and culture.  

* Basij is the Iranian popular volunteer force 

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