A photo of a martyr who died during the Iran-Iraq war on the road to Abyaneh, Iran. Known as “Holy defense” in Iran, the Iran-Iraq war claimed the liv

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A photo of a martyr who died during the Iran-Iraq war on the road to Abyaneh, Iran. Known as “Holy defense” in Iran, the Iran-Iraq war claimed the lives of half a million soldiers. In Iran, their memories are immortalized in photos lining the roadsides and streets of the towns they came from.

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Photo credit: © Leisa Tyler / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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