Following in the footsteps of the messen-ger of the school of ‘Ashura, Hazrat Zeinab (sa), Iranian women created unforgettable historic epics in the course of the Iraqi im-posed war. They bravely supported their men and took pride in having self-sacrificing children. Those women have been the sym-bols of the love of martyrdom, believed in re-sistance to the last moment, and proved Iran to be the land of self-sacrifice, resistance, and martyrdom. Khadijah Khorasani has been one of those heroines who supported the combatants in their defense of Islam and the Islamic country throughout the years of the war. She would raise funds and donations andprepare parcels containing foodstuffs and other provisions for the soldiers of Islam at the warfronts continuously and encouraged the people to do so. She has lived in Gorgan, the capital city of the Golestan Province (in the north of Iran) all her life and is famous among the people there for her struggles in serving the cause of Islam. She is one of those Iranian women of courage who taught lessons of self-sacrifice to the world, prov-ing that they are ready to sacrifice even their dear ones for Islam and their country.

The Golestan Province of Iran has offered Islam over 4000 martyrs during the years of the sacred defense some of whom have been women.