Poland Commemorates Iranian Hospitality in WWII
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – At a ceremony in Warsaw attended by Iran’s Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli, a number of Polish officials and veterans paid homage to the Iranian nation for hosting a huge number of Polish refugees who had fled the Second World War more than 70 years ago.
During the ceremony, participants laid flowers at the “monument of gratitude", a memorial to the people of Iran for generously welcoming over 120,000 Polish refugees escaping from the Soviet Union with the Anders Army in 1942.
Daughter of General Władysław Anders -commander of the 2nd Corps and a national hero- was also in the ceremony with a number of veterans, some of whom were kids at the time of the influx of refugees to Iran.
Heading a high-ranking delegation, the Iranian minister is in Poland for an official visit as part of efforts to boost bilateral relations between Tehran and Warsaw.