Leader issues message on anniversary of Operation Zolfaghari in Abadan

Tehran, IRNA — Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Sayyid Mojtaba Hosseini Khamenei has issued a message marking the anniversary of Operation Zolfaghari—the popular epic that drove the Ba'athist aggressors off Abadan Island— and highlighted the factors behind the Iranian triumph during the Sacred Defense (1980-88 Iran-Iraq War).