TEHRAN – Two Iranian musicians and two other veteran artists and former military commanders have been awarded in a ceremony held in honor of resistance and sacred defense against the former regime of Saddam Hussein.
The award known as “Unidentified Hero” was given to Morteza Sarhangi, who is viewed as the founder of literature about martyrs and war veterans with disabilities, and Mohsen Sharifian, a musician and composer of southern folk music.
The other winner was Abdulhussein Banadri, who was the commander of the operations in the Kooy-e Zulfiqari region in 1980 and one of the Basij commanders during the 1980s war with Iraq, known as the Sacred Defense.  
The award was also given to Abdul Hassan Tanha, a Basiji commander who fought for eight years during the Sacred Defense.