# Iraqi Forces and Iran’s Acceptance of the Iran-Iraq War Resolution - Original post: https://www.twitter.com/i/status/2119606239248453814 - Source account: [@naderiranshahr](https://x.com/naderiranshahr) - Source language: Persian - Target language: English - Duration: 2:59 - Published: 2026-11-09 - Machine translated. Check the original before quoting. - Canonical URL: https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5uim5xBOxg0k/en/iraqi-forces-and-iran-s-acceptance-of-the-iran-iraq-war-resolution - Original-language version: https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5uim5xBOxg0k/fa/%D8%A2%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%82-%D9%88-%D8%AF%D9%84%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%84-%D9%BE%D8%B0%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%B4-%D9%82%D8%B7%D8%B9%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%87-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%AC%D9%86%DA%AF-%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%88-%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%82.md ## Transcript [0:00](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5uim5xBOxg0k/en/iraqi-forces-and-iran-s-acceptance-of-the-iran-iraq-war-resolution) The Iraqis started the war with 400 aircraft and 12 ground divisions. [0:07](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5uim5xBOxg0k/en/iraqi-forces-and-iran-s-acceptance-of-the-iran-iraq-war-resolution?t=7) Those 400 aircraft were shot down during the war and 12 divisions were destroyed, with figures and statistics. [0:14](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5uim5xBOxg0k/en/iraqi-forces-and-iran-s-acceptance-of-the-iran-iraq-war-resolution?t=14) I was responsible for counting these things. [0:16](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5uim5xBOxg0k/en/iraqi-forces-and-iran-s-acceptance-of-the-iran-iraq-war-resolution?t=16) All of them were destroyed. But on the day we accepted the resolution, Iraq had 700 of the world's best aircraft and 56 divisions. [0:29](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5uim5xBOxg0k/en/iraqi-forces-and-iran-s-acceptance-of-the-iran-iraq-war-resolution?t=29) Fifty-six divisions, with one million fighters. [0:34](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5uim5xBOxg0k/en/iraqi-forces-and-iran-s-acceptance-of-the-iran-iraq-war-resolution?t=34) That's the kind of powerful army we were up against. [0:37](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5uim5xBOxg0k/en/iraqi-forces-and-iran-s-acceptance-of-the-iran-iraq-war-resolution?t=37) And we were outnumbered eight to nine, and, um, our leadership used to say, "War, war until victory." [0:46](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5uim5xBOxg0k/en/iraqi-forces-and-iran-s-acceptance-of-the-iran-iraq-war-resolution?t=46) "War until the scourge is eradicated from the world," to that extent. [0:50](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5uim5xBOxg0k/en/iraqi-forces-and-iran-s-acceptance-of-the-iran-iraq-war-resolution?t=50) But was the country's population supporting the front in this way, and could the war be continued this way or not? [0:59](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5uim5xBOxg0k/en/iraqi-forces-and-iran-s-acceptance-of-the-iran-iraq-war-resolution?t=59) The events that took place in the spring of '67— I mean, 1988 and many of the territories that we had captured during the Sacred Defense were successfully retaken by the enemy. [1:11](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5uim5xBOxg0k/en/iraqi-forces-and-iran-s-acceptance-of-the-iran-iraq-war-resolution?t=71) Well, these were events that decisions had to be made about. [1:14](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5uim5xBOxg0k/en/iraqi-forces-and-iran-s-acceptance-of-the-iran-iraq-war-resolution?t=74) The enemy came as far as the outskirts of Ahvaz. [1:17](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5uim5xBOxg0k/en/iraqi-forces-and-iran-s-acceptance-of-the-iran-iraq-war-resolution?t=77) A decision had to be made about it. To counter the Iraqis’ advanced chemical weapons, we didn’t even have a decent mask. [1:27](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5uim5xBOxg0k/en/iraqi-forces-and-iran-s-acceptance-of-the-iran-iraq-war-resolution?t=87) We didn’t have a decent mask. And the mask our fighters wore, the one you see in the films, out of the fifteen chemical agents, might have worked against two or three. [1:39](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5uim5xBOxg0k/en/iraqi-forces-and-iran-s-acceptance-of-the-iran-iraq-war-resolution?t=99) These are good for tear gas. When they used nerve gas, these didn’t work at all. [1:46](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5uim5xBOxg0k/en/iraqi-forces-and-iran-s-acceptance-of-the-iran-iraq-war-resolution?t=106) Our boys fell like autumn leaves. Someone had to make a decision about these things. [1:52](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5uim5xBOxg0k/en/iraqi-forces-and-iran-s-acceptance-of-the-iran-iraq-war-resolution?t=112) And this is ongoing. It continues over time. [1:56](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5uim5xBOxg0k/en/iraqi-forces-and-iran-s-acceptance-of-the-iran-iraq-war-resolution?t=116) Meaning, if we don’t want to one day be forced to accept a resolution, we must become powerful. [2:06](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5uim5xBOxg0k/en/iraqi-forces-and-iran-s-acceptance-of-the-iran-iraq-war-resolution?t=126) We live in a part of the world and among powers that will certainly crush us if we aren’t strong. [2:15](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5uim5xBOxg0k/en/iraqi-forces-and-iran-s-acceptance-of-the-iran-iraq-war-resolution?t=135) We have to be strong. And this strength must develop over time. [2:22](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5uim5xBOxg0k/en/iraqi-forces-and-iran-s-acceptance-of-the-iran-iraq-war-resolution?t=142) One aspect of it, of course, is defense and security. [2:25](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5uim5xBOxg0k/en/iraqi-forces-and-iran-s-acceptance-of-the-iran-iraq-war-resolution?t=145) National unity, national solidarity, the bond between the people and the government and many other things you know about, and they know about. [2:33](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5uim5xBOxg0k/en/iraqi-forces-and-iran-s-acceptance-of-the-iran-iraq-war-resolution?t=153) These things must be present throughout the life of the Iranian nation so this powerful nation can stand strong and grow stronger day by day. [2:43](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5uim5xBOxg0k/en/iraqi-forces-and-iran-s-acceptance-of-the-iran-iraq-war-resolution?t=163) Accepting the resolution is a similar story. [2:47](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5uim5xBOxg0k/en/iraqi-forces-and-iran-s-acceptance-of-the-iran-iraq-war-resolution?t=167) You can't accuse anyone. I mean, it's not as if we can point to a particular period, a particular letter, a particular decision, or a particular sentence. It's nothing like that.