Iran-Iraq war dead buried at historical site

The Iranian Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) have buried the remains of eight soldiers killed in 1980s Iran-Iraq war in the center of a prominent historical structure in the city of Yazd.
The burials began on Monday after over two years of infighting within the regime over the exact locations of the burial in the Amir Chakhmaq Complex, the largest structure of its kind in Iran that was built during the Timurid dynasty that ruled Persia in 15th and 16th centuries and is noted for its symmetrical sunken alcoves.
The IRGC mobilized members of the Basij and Hezbollah to carry out the burial at the tourist site, which includes a bazaar, a mosque, a roadside inn for travelers, a gathering place for religious ceremonies, a bathhouse and a cold water well.
In the past, the Iranian regime’s burying of the remains of soldiers in public squares and university campuses has triggered with public protests.
The burial of the remains of those killed over 25 years ago is being carried out with the notion of preserving the idea of what the mullahs called the ’culture of fighting in fronts’, meaning to create fear and intimidation in society.
Reporting on one burial in Amir Kabir University Campus in 2009, Amnesty International wrote: “The burials have been widely interpreted as an attempt by the Iranian authorities to exercise greater control over students opposed to their policies.
“Such burials of soldiers would make it easier for members of the security forces to gain access to the university campus without being required to prove that they are students. They would then be able to inhibit or disrupt student criticism or protests against government policy.”