The photo is showing the lost lives in the Iran Iraq war. Throughout history many countries have gone to war to show power or to conquer the other countries land, but the odds never go anyones way. Wether if you win or loss, the number of casualties are unforgettable. In Persepolis they talk about the people that died and the martyrs in the newspaper. How the men died virgins so they made them Nuptial Chambers. The Iran Iraq War was from 1980-1988. It was a war was a mix of long range missiles on cities and fighting on the battle field. In the war about 750,000 Iranians and 500,000 Iraqis died. About half of the total deaths of the Iraqis were martyrs and over one fifth of the Iranians were martyrs.

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