TEHRAN INSIDER

'Martyr families': Iran's last war leaves bitter legacy

Tehran Insider
Tehran Insider

Firsthand reports from contributors inside Iran

A woman wearing chador prays for a loved one killed in the Iran-Iraq war, Tehran, Iran, March 2020
A woman wearing chador prays for a loved one killed in the Iran-Iraq war, Tehran, Iran, March 2020

My 23-year-old cousin, Ali, newly married and the father of a two-month-old baby, was killed in the Iran-Iraq war in 1985. From that moment, everything in my uncle’s family changed.