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Article: Iran Mobilizes for War Escalation; Observers on Both Sides of Gulf Front Warn of New Offensive
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- The Washington Post
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- March 22, 1987
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After nearly a year's preparation for a long-threatened "final
offensive" against Iraq in the 6 1/2-year-old Persian Gulf war, Iran
is in the midst of a major industrial and manpower mobilization,
which western analysts predict will lead to a forceful military blow
on the southern front in coming weeks.
The scenes of mobilization are evident throughout the country,
according to Iranian and western sources.
Here in the capital, hundreds of young revolutionary guards
rallied at a downtown hotel last week chanting war slogans and, in a
startling display of war fervor, began firing their automatic weapons
into the air over the crowded city center.
The Ministry of War Information and other ...