List of extensive Iranian ground operations in the Iran-Iraq war

Last updated November 30, 2024

The list of extensive Iranian ground operations in the Iran-Iraq war is an article about the introduction of 28 of the most important Iranian ground operations during the 8 years of the Iran-Iraq war, which are known as extensive operations. In this article, extensive operations are classified into 3 categories, northern front, middle front and southern front, based on the operational front. The set of information introduced for each operation includes: the name of the operation, the date of the start and end of the operation, the area of the operation, the code of the operation, the forces operating in each operation and a summary of the most important achievements in each operation.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]

Southern front

Name of the operation	Start date	End date	Battle zone	Operation code	Operating forces	Operation results
Operation Dezful	October 15, 1980	October 20, 1980	Andimeshk, Karkheh river, west of Naderi bridge, Qahveh Kaneh three-way	-	Army	Stabilizing the Naderi bridge and pushing back the enemy from a part of the west of Karkheh and preventing the fall of Khuzestan and preventing Iraq from accessing the Andimeshk-Khorramabad and Andimeshk Ahwaz road and the Andimeshk railway and preventing access to the Dez dam and...
Operation Nasr	January 5, 1981	January 8, 1981	Hoveyzeh, Karkheh Koor, Dasht-e Azadegan	-	Army and Muslim Student Followers of the Imam's Line	First, the Iranian forces advanced using the gap in the Iraqi army's positions in the Karkheh Koor axis to 20 kilometers east of Hoveyzeh, but due to some inconsistencies in the Iranian forces, the Iraqi army was able to seize the Hoveyzeh–Susangerd road in the middle of January 1981.
Tawakkul Operation	January 10, 1981	January 10, 1981	North of Abadan, Mahshahr three-way	-	Army	The effort of Iranian forces to prevent the siege of Abadan and prevent Iraqi forces from passing through Karun failed.
Operation Farmandeh Kole Ghowa	June 11, 1981	June 15, 1981	Abadan, Darkhoveyn	-	IRGC	Iran's victory
Operation Samen-ol-A'emeh	September 27, 1981	September 27, 1981	-	Arabic : نصرمن‌الله و فتحٌ‌قریب	Army and IRGC	Recapturing the eastern bank of the Karun River - removing Abadan from the one-year siege - liberating more than 150 square kilometers of land occupied by the Iraqi army - the most classic operation of the Iranian forces during the war, which was completely based on military principles.
Operation Tariq al-Quds	November 29, 1981	December 6, 1981	North and South of Karkheh, Dasht-e Azadegan	Arabic : حسین‌بن‌علی	Army and IRGC	Liberation of Bostan and 70 villages in the region and 5 border checkpoints - occupation of Allaho Akbar region and Chazabeh Defile
Operation Fath ol-Mobin	March 22, 1982	March 30, 1982	West of Karkheh	Arabic : یازهرا (س)	Army and IRGC	Recapture of 2,500 square kilometers of Iranian territory from Iraqi forces - Liberation of the strategic road from Dezful to Dehloran - Capture of Abu Gharib oil wells in the Tineh Heights - Capture of 15,000 Iraqi soldiers by Iranian forces.
Operation Beit ol-Moqaddas	April 30, 1982	May 24, 1982	Khorramshahr, Dasht-e Azadegan	Arabic : یا علی‌ابن‌ابیطالب علیه‌السّلام	Army and IRGC	Liberation of Khorramshahr and Hoveyzeh area and Hamid barracks - destruction of 20% of the Iraqi army - liberation of 5038 square kilometers from the occupied areas - extensive withdrawal of Iraqi forces from Khuzestan province and their positioning around the city of Basra to counter a possible attack by Iranian forces
Operation Ramadan	July 13, 1982	July 29, 1982	East of Basra	Arabic : یا صاحب‌الزمان ادرکنی	Army and IRGC	The first encounter of the Iranian forces with the triangular trenches and as a result the failure in the siege of Basra and the capture of this city as the objective of the operation.
Operation Muslim ibn Aqil	October 1, 1982	October 7, 1982	Sumar region	Arabic : یا ابوالفضل العباس	Army and IRGC	With the aim of overcoming the failure of the Ramadan operation, which was accompanied by success.
Operation Muharram	November 1, 1982	November 11, 1982	Musian - "Miyan Hamrin" border heights - southeast of Dehloran	Arabic : یا زینب (س)	Army and IRGC	Seizing the Musian and Bayat oil resources as well as the Zubaidat oil ponds, which consisted of 700 oil wells - Seizing the road from Tayyeb to Shahrani - Seizing the supply road from Baghdad to Basra - The troops reached the 50 km long border point. The first motorcycle RPG battalion was used in this operation.
Operation Before the Dawn	February 6, 1983	February 10, 1983	Fakkeh, Chazabeh	Arabic : یاالله-یاالله-یاالله	IRGC	Leaking of the operation plan by the forces of the People's Mojahedin Organization - the failure of the Iranian forces in capturing the Ghazilah bridge and the capture of Amarah city.
Operation Dawn	April 10, 1983	April 17, 1983	Jebele Foqi - north of Fakkeh	Arabic : یاالله-یاالله-یاالله	Army	The partial achievement of the Iranian forces to the desired heights - the weakness of the command of the ground forces due to excessive reliance on the artillery unit - the failure to join the units to each other after the end of the operation - the retreat of the Iranian forces to their previous positions after a few days.
Operation Dawn 2	July 20, 1983	August 4, 1983	Haji Omeran	-	Army and IRGC	Cooperation of Barzani Kurds with Iranian forces - the leak of the operation by the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan to the Iraqi forces - 80% of the objectives of the operation were realized. Also, the Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran exposed and many documents were obtained about them.
Operation Kheibar	February 22, 1984	March 12, 1984	Hawizeh Marshes	Arabic : یا رسول‌الله	Army and IRGC	In the northern axis of the operation (Al-Aziz), Iranian forces were able to reach the Tigris River and cut off the traffic of vehicles on the Basra-Baghdad route. Capture of two Majnoon Island with an area of 160 square kilometers - Capture of 50 oil wells - Iraq's extensive use of chemical weapons - The start of tanker war
Operation Badr	March 10, 1985	March 17, 1985	Hawizeh Marshes - north of Basra	Arabic : یا فاطمه‌الزّهرا (س)	Army and IRGC	The slow progress of Iranian forces in Iraqi positions to the east of the Tigris and the failure to cross it - the inability of Iranian forces to fire properly at Iraqi forces due to the lack of facilities - retreat from half of the captured areas after a week - the start of the city war
Operation Ghader	July 15, 1985	September 9, 1985	Erbil province of Iraq	-	Army and IRGC	Liberation of Sarsepandar, Kalazardeh and Barbarzindoost heights
Operation Dawn 8	February 9, 1986	April 18, 1986	Faw peninsula	Arabic : یا فاطمه‌الزهرا (س)	IRGC and Army	The capture of the city of Faw, Ras al-Bisheh, the Faw road to Basra - cutting off Iraq's access to the Persian Gulf - the most extensive use of chemical weapons during the war by the Iraqi army - the capture of 3,000 Iraqi soldiers by Iranian forces - the adoption of United Nations Security Council Resolution 582 - the construction of the "Basat" bridge Using 5,000 pipes on Arvand River - chemical injury of more than 15,000 Iranian soldiers in 17 days - Robert McFarlane's arrival in Tehran.
Operation Karbala-4	December 24, 1986	December 26, 1986	West of Minu Island - Abu Al-Khaseeb	Arabic : محمدرسول‌الله	IRGC	Leaking of the operation plan before its start by Awax planes - blocking the digging of the canal in the main passage of the Axis and filling it with Mazut to defeat the Iranian forces - the failure of the Iranian forces in capturing the islands of Umm ar-Rasas and Abu Al-Khaseeb after 48 hours and the order to stop Operations by commanders.
Siege of Basra	January 9, 1987	February 23, 1987	East of Basra	Arabic : یا زهرا (س)	IRGC and Army	Approval of Resolution 598 - Advancement of 12 km towards Basra - Capture of 11 Iraqi Army Camps - Liberation of 150 km of Iran's territory - Destruction of 81 independent brigades and battalions of the Iraqi Army - Capture of Bubiyan Lake - Liberation of 4 Iranian border posts.
Operation Beit ol-Moqaddas 7	June 12, 1988	June 15, 1988	Shalamcheh	Arabic : یا اباعبدالله‌الحسین	IRGC	The purpose of this operation was only to weaken the morale and war machine of Iraq in the southern part of the fish breeding channel. Iranian forces returned to their original positions with the first Iraqi attack without any resistance.
Operation Labbeik Ya Khomeini			West of Karun	Arabic : فنای‌فی‌الله	IRGC

Middle front

Name of the operation	Start date	End date	Battle zone	Operation code	Operating forces	Operation results
Battle of Mehran	June 30, 1986	July 10, 1986	Qalavizan heights to Mehran city	Arabic : یا اباالفضل‌العباس ادرکنی	IRGC and Army	Recapture of the city of Mehran and the strategic heights of Qalavizan and Hamrin - liberation of the road from Dehloran to Mehran - liberation of 2 border checkpoints.
Operation Karbala-6	January 14, 1987	January 14, 1987	Naft Shahr and north of Sumar	Arabic : یا زهرا (س)	Army	Iranian forces achieved victory in liberating Iran's "Naft Shahr" city and Iraq's "Naft Khaneh" city.

Northern front


Name of the operation	Start date	End date	Battle zone	Operation code	Operating forces	Operation results
Operation Dawn-4	October 19, 1983	November 21, 1983	Penjwen	Arabic : یاالله-یاالله-یاالله	Army, IRGC and Patriotic Union of Kurdistan	The resistance of the Iraqi army in the region was more than expected, which caused the two sides to invest a lot in order to win this battle and turned Dawn-4 from a limited operation into a large-scale operation. During this operation, 700 square kilometers of Iraqi territory were captured by Iranian forces.
Operation Ghader	November 21, 1983	September 9, 1985	Sidekan	Arabic : یا صاحب‌الزمان (عج)	Army	Due to the failure of the Badr operation, the initiative was given to the army in this operation, and the liberation of the Oshnavieh-Piranshahr general area was also handed over from the IRGC to the army. But the army also failed in this operation and failed to capture the area three times in two months and finally ordered to stop the operation.
Operation Karbala 10	April 14, 1987	April 25, 1987	Baneh, Sardasht, Mavout axis	Arabic : یا صاحب‌الزمان ادرکنی	IRGC and Patriotic Union of Kurdistan	The slow advance of Iranian forces on the difficult roads of the region - failure to achieve half of the initial goals of the operation - advancement of 34 kilometers in Iraqi territory - grounding of the forces of both sides in the heights of Shakh Qoolan.
Operation Beit ol-Moqaddas 2	January 15, 1988	January 22, 1988	The height of Qomish, Sulaymaniyah, Mavout	Arabic : یا زهرا (س)	IRGC	Iran's first operation was in the winter, which brought a partial victory in order to score points for the end of the war - the capture of the heights of Qomish, Vivlan and the Goujar Strait were the achievements of this operation.
Operation Dawn 10	March 14, 1988	March 19, 1988	Halabja, Sulaymaniyah	Arabic : یا رسول‌الله (ص)	IRGC and Army	This operation was a complete success and the towns of Halabja, Dojileh and Khurmal were captured by Iranian forces - the siege of the Iraqi city of Sulaymaniyah - the chemical bombing of the Iraqi city of Halabja by the Ba'ath regime
Operation Mersad	July 26, 1988	July 30, 1988	Kermanshah province	Arabic : یا صاحب‌الزمان عجل‌الله تعالی وجه‌الشریف	Army and IRGC	Complete failure of operation "Mersad" - Pushing back the invading forces behind the international borders - Killing 2000 people and arresting 250 members of the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran - Destruction of 400 types of Iraqi army vehicles that were at the disposal of the invading forces - Acceptance of the Resolution 598 by Saddam Hussein - expressing Britain's desire to re-establish diplomatic relations - sending UN peacekeeping forces to the borders of the two countries and establishing lasting peace.

Related Research Articles

Qasr-e Shirin is a city in the Central District of Qasr-e Shirin County, Kermanshah province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district. Its population in 2016 was 18,473. It is a Free-trade zone (FTZ) and is populated by Kurds.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Operation Samen-ol-A'emeh</span> 1981 military operation

Operation Samen-ol-A'emeh was an Iranian offensive and operation in the Iran–Iraq War between 27–29 September 1981 where Iran broke the Iraqi Siege of Abadan. The operation was carried out by the Iranian army joined by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

Rostam Ghasemi was an Iranian military officer and conservative politician who was the Minister of Roads and Urban Development from 25 August 2021 to 22 November 2022. He was Minister of Petroleum from 3 August 2011 to 15 August 2013.

<i>Im Alive</i> (book) Book by Masoumeh Abad

I'm Alive is a book written by Masoumeh Abad about her memories in the Iran–Iraq war (1980–1988). Masoumeh, who was 17 at the time, was a social worker in a field hospital and in medical clinics for the Iranian Red Crescent Society during the war. The English translation of I'm Alive launched on the Frankfurt Book Fair. I'm Alive has received the Sacred Defense Book of The Year award has been reprinted many times in Iran. The idea for writing the novel came to Abad in 2012.

Operation Fath 1, or Operation Wahdat, was a joint Iranian and Iraqi Kurdish special operation conducted by Iran's IRGC special forces and Iraqi Kurdish partisans of Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) in 11 and 12 October 1986 in Kirkuk area of northern Iraq during the Iran–Iraq War. The Iranian and Kurdish forces infiltrated into the area and successfully attacked economic and military targets with minimal losses of their own.

Operation Dawn-10 or Walfajr-10 was a large scale offensive operation launched during the Iran–Iraq War by Iran against Iraq on March 15, 1988 near the final stages of the war's conclusion. It was commanded by the Pasdaran along with the participation of some regular army forces as support. During Operation Dawn-10, Iran changed its operational area from southern to northern Iraq. The operation was started with the code of "Ya Rasūl Allāh (s)" (Persian: (یا رسول الله, and performed in 5 phases.

Bushehr Marine Rangers Battalion is one of the Iranian Navy's Commando units. The battalion had an important operational role in the early months of the Iran-Iraq War and a prominent role in the Liberation of Khorramshahr.

<i>Baba Nazar</i> (book) 2009 book by Hossein Beyzayi

Baba Nazar is a book written by Hossein Beyzayi and edited by Mostafa Rahimi and Ahmad Dehqan. The book is the result of oral interviews with Mohammad Hassan Nazarenejad, during which the narrator recounts his stories about Iranian Revolution and Iran–Iraq War. Mohammad Hassan Nazarenejad known as Baba Nazar, the narrator of this book, was in the Iran–Iraq War for 140 months who died eight years after the war because of war injuries, in 1997.

Majid Gheisari is an Iranian writer and novelist. He has won the International Eurasia Award from Russia for the premier novel in 2018.

Mohammad Doroudian is an Iranian writer, historian, researcher and theorist. Doroudian was born on 1959 in Tehran, and actively writes about the history of the Iran-Iraq War. He holds a BA in History from Shahid Beheshti University. More than seventeen books have been published by Mohammad Doroudian so far. He is one of the elect of the 31st Iran's Book of the Year Awards and the winner of the 8th Holy Defense Year Book Award.

Saeed Akef is an Iranian author and memoir writer who often writes about the Iran–Iraq War. His books have been one of the most widely published books about that war. Borunsi (2004) has been reprinted more than 200 times since its first edition, and is amongst the bestselling books in Iran. Nasime Taghdir has been a nominee in the 10th Holy Defense Year Book Award.

The several branches of the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran are represented by flags. Within the Iranian military, various flags fly on various occasions, and on various ships, bases, camps, and military academies.

The Foundation for the Preservation and Publication of Sacred Defense Works and Values is one of the institutions of the Islamic Republic of Iran with the aim of preserving the relics and disseminating the values of the Sacred Defense and promoting the culture of resistance, self-sacrifice, jihad and martyrdom. It was established by order of the Supreme Leader of Iran at the end of Iran-Iraq war in October 1990. This foundation is headed by Sardar Bahman Kargar and its parent department is General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

The United States Cultural Diplomacy in Iran refers to the use of soft power of cultural diplomacy by the US government towards Iran in order to achieve its own interests.

Ahmad Nateghi is an Iranian photographer who is best known for his photos of the Iran–Iraq War.

Operation Ghader was a large-scale offensive operation of Islamic Republic of Iran Armed Forces during the Iran-Iraq war, which was carried out in 3 stages and for 2 months, from 15 July to 9 September 1985, in Erbil Governorate, Iraq. This operation was jointly carried out, designed and implemented by the Islamic Republic of Iran Army Ground Forces and Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, also with the support of the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force and Islamic Republic of Iran Army Aviation, against the Iraqi Armed Forces.

Hassan Bagheri was an Iranian military officer and journalist, and prominent military figure in the Iran-Iraq War. He served as the deputy commander of the IRGC Ground Forces during the war, and was one of the senior IRGC commanders that played a key role in the liberation of Khorramshahr.

Operations attributed to Israel in Iran is a list of subversive operations in Iran that have been attributed to Israel in the public opinion or the speech of Iranian officials. Israel has not officially claimed responsibility for many of these operations. Israeli authorities have always presented themselves in opposition to the Islamic Republic of Iran and their propagated ideas.

The government of Israel believes that if the Islamic Republic of Iran achieves the development of nuclear weapons, the existence of Israel will be in serious danger and this regime will be the first target of a possible nuclear attack by Iran. Benjamin Netanyahu, the prime minister of Israel, who is mentioned as one of the supporters of Israel's "preemptive strike" on Iran's nuclear facilities, has repeatedly emphasized in official speeches that "all the risks are small and insignificant compared to the risk of Iran's nuclearization." The Iranian government has repeatedly emphasized that the country's nuclear program is for peaceful purposes such as energy production and medical issues, and is not seeking to build nuclear weapons.

The Office of Literature and Art of Resistance or Resistance's Office of Literature and Art of the Artistic Sect is a governmental institution in Iran. The Office of Literature and Art of Resistance began its activities in December 1988 in Iran in the Artistic Sect of the Islamic Republic, a branch of Islamic Development Organization, motivated by collecting, compiling, and writing literary, artistic, research works, and memories left behind by the Iranian people's eight-year defense period in the "Iran-Iraq War". The office activating in the field of cultural activities and book publishing.

References

↑ درّی (۱۳۸۳), حسن. اطلس راهنما ۵- «کارنامه نبردهای زمینی»[Guide Atlas 5- "Land Battle Record"] (in Persian). تهران: به کوشش مهدی انصاری، مرکز مطالعات و تحقیقات جنگ، شابک ۸-۴۸-۶۳۱۵-۹۶۴.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
↑ "نگاهی به عملیات‌های زمینی گسترده ایران در جنگ ایران و عراق" [A look at Iran's extensive ground operations in the Iran-Iraq war] (in Persian). Retrieved 17 October 2024.
↑ "۱۰ عملیات مهم دفاع مقدس" [10 important holy defense operations] (in Persian). Retrieved 17 October 2024.
↑ "مهمترین عملیات های نظامی دوران ۸ ساله دفاع مقدس" [The most important military operations during the 8-year period of holy defense] (in Persian). Retrieved 17 October 2024.
↑ "لیست عملیات‌های دفاع مقدس" [List of sacred defense operations] (in Persian). Retrieved 17 October 2024.
↑ "مهمترین عملیات‌های زمینی ایران در جنگ تحمیلی" [The most important ground operations of Iran in the imposed war] (in Persian). Retrieved 17 October 2024.
↑ "فهرست عملیات‌های زمینی گسترده ایران در جنگ ایران و عراق" [List of extensive ground operations of Iran in the Iran-Iraq war] (in Persian). Retrieved 17 October 2024.

External links

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.

[r1-1] درّی (۱۳۸۳), حسن. اطلس راهنما ۵- «کارنامه نبردهای زمینی»[Guide Atlas 5- "Land Battle Record"] (in Persian). تهران: به کوشش مهدی انصاری، مرکز مطالعات و تحقیقات جنگ، شابک ۸-۴۸-۶۳۱۵-۹۶۴.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[r2-2] "نگاهی به عملیات‌های زمینی گسترده ایران در جنگ ایران و عراق" [A look at Iran's extensive ground operations in the Iran-Iraq war] (in Persian). Retrieved 17 October 2024.

[r3-3] "۱۰ عملیات مهم دفاع مقدس" [10 important holy defense operations] (in Persian). Retrieved 17 October 2024.

[r4-4] "مهمترین عملیات های نظامی دوران ۸ ساله دفاع مقدس" [The most important military operations during the 8-year period of holy defense] (in Persian). Retrieved 17 October 2024.

[r5-5] "لیست عملیات‌های دفاع مقدس" [List of sacred defense operations] (in Persian). Retrieved 17 October 2024.

[r6-6] "مهمترین عملیات‌های زمینی ایران در جنگ تحمیلی" [The most important ground operations of Iran in the imposed war] (in Persian). Retrieved 17 October 2024.

[r7-7] "فهرست عملیات‌های زمینی گسترده ایران در جنگ ایران و عراق" [List of extensive ground operations of Iran in the Iran-Iraq war] (in Persian). Retrieved 17 October 2024.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]

[7]