Iranian forces recaptured the strategic port city during landmark operation code-named Beit ol-Moqaddas in 1982, putting an end to over 500 days of the Iraqi occupation.
Speaking on the occasion of anniversary of liberation of Khoramshahr from Iraqi Ba'athist forces, on 24 May (3 Khordad on the Iranian calendar ) at the Civil Aviation Technology College , Brigadier General Gholam Reza Jalali , a Head of Iran’s Passive Defense Organization said that the winner of US atrocity in the region is Iran.
"When the freethinkers from different parties in US had talked about the country's presidential election, they admitted that the winner of war in Afghanistan is Iran and the winner of US attack on Iraq is Iran", Head of Iran’s Passive Defense Organization Brig. Gen. Gholamreza Jalali said in a ceremony to commemorate the anniversary of the liberation of Khorramshahr from the Ba’ath regime of Saddam, and National Day of Resistance.
"Actually we could turn the of consequences of war in the region to our benefits with our power. We also could become a regional power", Head of Iran’s Passive Defense Organization added.
Today, Islamic Republic of Iran is a comprehensive power in the region in which the regional issues cannot be solve without Iran's participation", Brig. Gen. Gholamreza Jalali concluded.
