Al-Shaheed Monument

Al-Shaheed Monument
نصب الشهيد
Monument
For Iran–Iraq War
Established1983
Location33°20′36″N 44°26′46″E / 33.34336°N 44.44606°E / 33.34336; 44.44606
Baghdad, Iraq
Designed byIsmail Fatah Al Turk
Saman Kamal

Al-Shaheed Monument (Arabic: نصب الشهيد, romanized: Nasb al-Shaheed), also known as the Martyr's Memorial, is a monument designed by Iraqi sculptor Ismail Fatah al-Turk and situated in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad. It was originally dedicated to the Iraqi soldiers killed in the Iran–Iraq War and has since grown to become generally considered to be a commemoration of all Iraqi martyrs.

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