I think I have mentioned before that the Iran/Iraq war is still a very fresh memory here and that is perpetuated by frequent images on TV etc.
The war was bound up with the Islamic Revolution and many people participated as a religious duty. Many of those who died were deemed to be martyrs and in most towns they celebrate their citizens who were martyred by displaying their faces on boards along the central reservation of major arterial roads. In some towns there are large numbers of these. And many of them are very very young.
Sometimes they show larger images, and it is quite disturbing to see a photo of a smiling teenage boy with a grenade launcher over his shoulder.
The war was bound up with the Islamic Revolution and many people participated as a religious duty. Many of those who died were deemed to be martyrs and in most towns they celebrate their citizens who were martyred by displaying their faces on boards along the central reservation of major arterial roads. In some towns there are large numbers of these. And many of them are very very young.
Sometimes they show larger images, and it is quite disturbing to see a photo of a smiling teenage boy with a grenade launcher over his shoulder.
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