| موزه ملی انقلاب اسلامی و دفاع مقدس Muze-ye Melli-e enghelab-e islami ve defa'-e moghadas | |
 Holy Defense Museum | |
| Established | 2010 |
|---|---|
| Location | Sarv Street, Haqani Highway, Vanak, Tehran, Iran |
| Coordinates | 35°45′11″N 51°25′31″E / 35.75306°N 51.42528°E / 35.75306; 51.42528 |
| Type | Military museum |
| Director | Ali Asghar Jafari |
| Architect | Zhila Norouzi |
| Owner | Municipality of Tehran |
| Website | iranrhdm.ir |
The National Museum of the Islamic Revolution and Holy Defense (Persian: موزه ملی انقلاب اسلامی و دفاع مقدس, Muze-ye Melli-e enghelab-e eslami ve defa'-e moghadas), located in Tehran on a landscaped site of 21 hectares, is one of the largest museums of Iran. It is dedicated to the Iran–Iraq War (1980–1988), the conflict known in Iran as "imposed war" or mainly "Holy Defense". The museum consists of different parts such as Tomb of the Unknown Soldiers, flag tower, open area and lake, parking, conference halls, Khorramshahr Mosque, Library and Panorama museum. The main building of museum consists of 8 halls; each displays a specific concept of war through many monitors, video projectors, hologram showcases and some other modern technologies.
References
- "Tehran museum lionises war in which Iran took on 'world'". Express Tribune. 18 August 2018. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
- "War museum embodies Iran's search for meaning in Iran-Iraq war". En.rfi.fr. 20 May 2017.
- "Inside Iran's museum to its wartime past". Edition.cnn.com. 7 September 2016.
- "باغ موزه دفاع مقدس کجاست؟". Irna.ir.
- "جاذبه های گردشگری تهران". Sfarme.com. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
- "History". Holy Defense Museum. Archived from the original on 4 September 2019. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
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Further reading
- Vanzan, Anna (2020). "The Holy Defense Museum in Tehran, or How to Aestheticize War". Middle East Journal of Culture and Communication. 13 (1): 63–77. doi:10.1163/18739865-01301004. S2CID 219474804.
External links
- Official website (in Persian)