Operation Beit ol-Moqaddas 4
| Operation Beit ol-Moqaddas 4 | |||||||
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| Part of Iran–Iraq War | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Iran |
 Iraq | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Mohsen Rezaee |
Saddam Hussein | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Unknown |
5,000+ killed or wounded 498 Captured Hundreds of armoured vehicles destroyed or captured (Iranian claim) | ||||||
Operation Beit ol-Moqaddas 4 (Persian: عملیات بیت المقدس ۴) was a military operation during Iran-Iraq War[1][2][3] which was launched by Iran[4][5][6] on 25 March 1988[7] by the code of "Ya Aba Abd-Allah al-Hussain (a.s.)" (Persian: «یااباعبدالله الحسین (ع)») at the axis of Halabcheh-Shakhshemiran, by the command of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, and it was lasted for two days. The goal of the operation was to fulfill/secure the left flank of Operation Dawn 10 area[8]—which was considered as a sensitive area for Iraq.[9]
Locality
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The operation area of Beitol Moqaddas-4 was a mountainous region, including:
- Darbandikhan lake and Shakh-Tamurzhenan (from the north)
- Martke plain; Shakh-Khashik heights and Bamoo (from the south)
- Zimkan river and Bizel mountain (from the east)
- Dam of Darbandikhan and Qashti heights (from the west)[10]
Results
[edit]Operation Beit al-Moqaddas-4[11][12][13] resulted in the conquering of several areas of Iraq by Iranian forces, including:
- Complete possession of ShakhShemiran heights and Shakh-Sumer
- Possession of a part of "Dasht-Tolbi" and "Bardaddkan heights"
- The killing/injuring approximately 5000 Iraqi soldiers
- The capture of 498 Iraqi soldiers
- Destruction of at least 15 tanks and 50 cars
- Additional Iranian "war spoils".[14]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ The beginning of operation Beit al-Moqaddas-4 portal.anhar.ir
- ^ Previous to operation Beit al-Moqaddas-four aparat.com
- ^ Training of operation Beit al-Moqaddas-4 in Doroud iribnews.ir
- ^ Operation Beit al-Moqaddas-4 --Bibliography hawzah.net
- ^ Amaliat (Operation) Beit al-Moqaddas-4 ashoora.ir
- ^ The start of operation Beit al-Moqaddas-4 in the area of Darbandi Khan imna.ir
- ^ Rebuilding of operation Beit al-Moqaddas-4 in Doroud basijnews.ir
- ^ Operation Beit ol-Moqaddas 4 by the code of "Ya Aba Abdellah al-Hussain (a.s.)" defapress.ir
- ^ The report of operation Beit al-Moqaddas-4 police.ir
- ^ Operation Beit al-Moqaddas-4, possession of Darbandikhan dam heights (Iraq) irna.ir
- ^ Operation Beit al-Moqaddas-4 (anniversary) bafghfarda.com
- ^ Before Beit al-Moqaddas-4 (operation) aparat.com
- ^ Operation Beit al-Moqaddas-4 (Beginning) mobyan.ir
- ^ Operation Beit ol-Moqaddas 4 daneshnameh.roshd.ir