War Pilgrims
An Iranian women pelgrim cries at pictures of martyrs at the martyrs commemoration centre at the Shalamche war front.
Every year hundreds of thousand Iranians visit the fronts of the Iran -Iraq war (1980-1988) during there new year (Noruz) holiday. This special tour is called ' Rahian-e Noor', caravan of light. The pilgrims travel with special busses from all over the country to visit the places where their relatives died. Iran lost over half a million soldiers during the eight year trench war with neighbouring Iraq. The ones who have fallen, martyrs, are revered all over the shia country.
