Welcome to the Electronic Encyclopedia of the Sacred Defense (WikiDefa). We hope that the content of the site will help you in accessing the information you need about the Iran-Iraq War (Saddam's Army) against the Islamic Republic of Iran. On September 22, 1980, the Ba'athist regime of Iraq, with a premeditated plan aimed at overthrowing the nascent Islamic Republic, initiated a full-scale war against Iran. The Iran-Iraq War was a conflict of regional and global powers against Iran, and the valiant sons of the Islamic Iran sought to defend their values and beliefs, drawing inspiration from their master, Imam Hussein ibn Ali (Peace Be Upon Him).