Back to the wordproper noun عِراق / erâq
همیشه برای ما مهم بوده و همان طور که در طول جنگ تحمیلی عراق علیه ایرانhamiše barâye mâ mohem bude va hamân towr ke dar tul-e jang-e tahmili-ye erâq aleyh-e irân
has always been important for us, and just as we defended it during the war imposed on Iran by Iraq,