On September 22, 1980, the Iraqi Baathist regime launched a full-scale war against Iran with prior decisions and schemes to topple newly-founded Islamic Republic of Iran. Iraqi President Saddam Hussein appeared on Iraqi TVs and announced the outbreak of Baathist regime against Iranian lands tearing up the 1975 agreement of Algeria; and an unequal war was imposed on Iran. Eventually, on 20th of August 1988, this war came to an end after eight years. During the imposed war of Iraq against Iran, different groups of people took action in any way so that they would contribute to defending their country. Some people did all their best at the battle fields and others in the cities. Authors were a population of society who, on the one hand, injected a spirit of resistance in people with their handwritten works, and on the other hand, recorded the incidents of this imposed war which was called the Holy Defense by Imam Khomeini, the founder of Iran’s Islamic Revolution.

Writing about the Holy Defense was followed more seriously in years following the imposed war of Iraq against Iran in forms of memories, poems, short and long stories so that all events during those 8 years of Iranian history would be heard by next generations. Moreover, a number of these works found a way to other countries and being translated, they encouraged non-Iranian readers to read about this war.

The magazine which is in your hands, titled as “The Eternal Treasure” seeks to introduce the literary festivals and the newest style and most popular works of the Holy Defense literature.

It should be noted that the title of this magazine is taken from Grand Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s speech, the Leader of Islamic Revolution, who has stated, “This eight-year war (Iraq-Iran war) is indeed an eternal treasure.”

The Eternal Treasure

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Editor in chief:   Nastaran Poursalehi

Editorial Board: Maryam Asadi, Ahad Goudarziani, Asgar Abbasnejad,

Akram Dashtban

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The Eternal Treasure – Journal of Resistance Literature Reviews and Scholarly Articles – Issue no.1, December 2012