Disabled Iranian veterans, called janbaz (, literally "those who were willing to lose their lives") in Iran, mostly constitute the disabled veterans of the Iran–Iraq war. According to Mohammad Esfandiari, director of communications and public relations of Irans Martyrs and Disabled Veterans Organization, there are 548,499 disabled veterans of the Iran–Iraq War living in Iran as of June 2014, a number which includes the victims of Iraqs chemical weapon attacks on Iran, called "chemical janbaz'" (). Among the disabled veterans are more than 10,000 veterans with foot and ankle injuries related to war.