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On each anniversary of this attack, surviving veterans, families of the dead soldiers, and other veterans from the Iran-Iraq War join the people of
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bombs were dropped both on the road as well as on the sides of the road close to where the soldiers took shelter, and the resulting debris greatly affected them. Soon, a thick layer of poisonous smoke covered the whole area.
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hospital in Tehran, suffering from a collapsed lung. In addition to the soldiers of the Fajr
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was waiting for orders to be deployed to the front line when they were attacked. The Fadjr
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