{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"","title":"Iran-Iraq War - Part 3: The war escalates beyond imagination","description":"The frontlines were supposed to move quickly, but instead, they froze. Winter fell over the borderlands, turning mud to ice, but the killing never stopped. The war only deepened, drawing in everyone—soldiers, civilians, even children.\r\n\r\nThe fighting stretched from the marshes near the Shatt al-Arab river down to the snow-covered mountains of Kurdistan. The landscape was transformed. Palm groves outside Basra stood blackened and charred. Burned-out tanks rusted in pools of rainwater. The ground was poisoned—mud mixed with diesel, blood, and the endless rain. In the north, Kurdish villages were caught in the crossfire. Artillery shattered stone houses. Smoke drifted on cold winds. Survivors huddled in cellars, clutching children, listening for the next explosion. Reprisal raids left families searching for the missing, afraid to hope. No one was safe. The war became total. Civilians and soldiers suffered together. The line between front and rear disappeared.\r\n\r\nLearn more at: https://theconflictarchive.com/conflict/iran-iraq-war","author_name":"The Archive Network"}