Operation Karbala-2 | |||||||
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Part of the Iran–Iraq War | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Iraq | Iran | ||||||
Units involved | |||||||
Brigades 98, 604, 807 Abu-Obaideh commando foot battalion Commando battalion under the command of corps-23 (foot brigades 438/91) | Komeil battalion Meitham battalion Hamzeh battalion Imam Hussein battalion Adawat (implements) battalion ToopKhane (Artillery) battalion | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
Unknown | 3,000 killed/wounded, 200 captured [1] |
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Badr brigade-9, Qaem-12, Imam Reza-21, Quds-105 and Shuhada-155; which was done totally by the participation of 28 battalions from Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. [15]
Iran at the end of this operation, Iranian forces captured the altitudes of "1600, 1700, 1800, 2000, 2200, 2435" and also a part of "Haj-Omran-Darbande Chuman Mostafa" and "GardKu" road [15] in Iraq. [20]
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