Quran Recitation Session Held on Deck of Iranian Navy Warship

IQNA – A Quran recitation program was held on the deck of a warship south of Iran.

It took place on the Larak Warship on Tuesday on the occasion of the Iranian Navy Day, according to the Navy’s public relations office. 

Qaris recited verses from the Holy Quran at the program, which was attended by a number of commanders and forces of the Navy.

Addressing the event, Rear Admiral Qader Vazifeh, commander of the first naval district of the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy, paid tribute to the martyrs of the Navy, including those martyred in Operation Morvarid against the Iraqi Ba’athist regime in 1980.

Operation Morvarid was an operation launched by the Iranian Navy and Air Force against the Iraqi Navy sites on November 27, 1980, in response to Iraq positioning radar and monitoring equipment on the Mina Al-Bakr and Khor-al-Amaya oil rigs to counter Iranian air operations.

The operation resulted in a victory for Iran, which managed to destroy both oil rigs as well as much of the Iraqi Navy and inflicted significant damage to Iraqi ports and airfields.

The day of the operation is celebrated in Iran as the Navy Day.

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