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Zahed and Najah in Surrey, B.C., on April 14, 2015. They are Iran-Iraq war vets. One save the life of the other. Photograph by Jimmy Jeong Photograph by Jimmy Jeong
Canada

From battlefield foes to an improbable friendship

Zahed and Najah met on opposite sides of war in Iran. This is the story of their unlikely reunion—20 years later, and a world away
By Nancy Macdonald