Iraqi forces bomb Abadan and Khorramshahr during the Iraqi invasion of Iran. Black smoke from oil storage facility after Iraqi bombardment. The Shatt al-Arab river in the city of Khorramshahr. Empty street during Iraqi invasion, explosions can be heard. A man, holding a radio, runs out of a building. (Iran-Iraq War period.)
Injured children confined in hospital wards during Iraq invasion of Iran in Iran-Iraq War. A young boy with scarred face lies on a hospital cot. A boy, with bandaged head, breathing through a nasal catheter. A young patient, face obscured by bandages, with an IV tubing. Doctors and nurse attend to patient injuries in hospital ward.
Iraqi soldiers move into Southern Iran during the Iraqi invasion of Iran. Iraqi tanks roll past civilians on bridge over the Shatt al-Arab river. A ship in the Shatt al-Arab river. Sign in English and Arabic says, “Welcome to Iran”. A desert dirt road in Iran. Iraqi military vehicles parked in a garage. Smiling Iraqi soldiers posing together, raising their hands with the “V” sign. (Iran-Iraq War period.)
Iraqi military vehicles with soldiers moving into Iran during the Iraqi invasion of Iran (Iran-Iraq War). Iraqi soldiers raise rifles while on board a truck pulling artillery. Iraqi infantry pose with BMP-1 tracked carriers in Iran. Chinese-made Type 59 tanks of the Iraqi Army in Iran. A mural portrait of Ayatollah Khomeini, the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Iraqi soldiers walk past other murals of Ayatollah Khomeini near a house, one covered with an "X" Iraqi soldiers apply a poster of Saddam Hussein on a tank before posing and smiling for the camera.
Saddam Hussain addresses the Iraqi National Assembly (al-Majlis al-Watani), consisting exclusively of Saddam Hussein’s own fellow Baath party members, as the military president of Iraq. From his speech, Saddam Hussein highlights the importance of the National Assembly’s decision-making for the good of Iraq, the pride of being a democratic country with “democracy as a pillar of Iraq” and how they can face the local, national and regional issues long related to their country’s history.