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The anniversary of the liberation of Khorramshahr is annually observed in Iran on 24 May.
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banknote of Iran, depicting Iranian forces after the liberation of Khorramshahr.
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A Social History of Iranian Cinema, Volume 4: The Globalizing Era, 1984–2010
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The Revolutionary Guards in Iranian Politics: Elites and Shifting Relations
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remained under Iraqi control until April 1982, when the Iranians launched
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Forty Witnesses – The Second Narrative: Liberation of Khorramshahr
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earlier in the war, on 26 October 1980, shortly after the
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Iranian offensives to free Iranian territory (1981–82)
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From Palace to Prison: Inside the Iranian Revolution
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following the city's return to Iranian control, 1982
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The Iran-Iraq War: A Military and Strategic History
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1721:Military operations of the Iran–Iraq War in 1982
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1492:Retrieved 29 April 2024
1329:Razoux, Pierre (2015).
1300:Liberation of Susangerd
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1621:Naficy, Hamid (2012).
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1542:978-1-138-85364-5
1515:978-1-4422-0831-5
1469:. Belknap Press.
1466:The Iran-Iraq War
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1332:The Iran-Iraq War
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