Iraq Invasion of Iran (1980)

Iraqi invasion of Iran

Iranian resistance during the Battle of Khorramshahr.

Date	22 September 1980 – 5 December 1980 (2 months, 1 week and 6 days)
Location	Iran–Iraq border
Territorial changes	Iraq captures more than 15,000 km² of Iranian territory

Belligerents

Iran

Iraq

Commanders and leaders

Abulhassan Banisadr
(1st President of Iran and Commander-in-chief)
Mostafa Chamran †
(Minister of Defense)
Valiollah Fallahi
(Joint chief of military staff)
Qasem-Ali Zahirnejad
(Joint chief of military staff)

Mohsen Rezaee
(Revolutionary Guards Commander)

Saddam Hussein
(President of Iraq)
Ali Hassan al-Majid
(General and Iraqi Intelligence Service head)
Taha Yassin Ramadan
(General and Deputy Party Secretary)
Adnan Khairallah
(Minister of Defence)

Saddam Kamel
(Republican Guard Commander)

Units involved

Iranian Armed Forces

Peshmerga

Iraqi Armed Forces

National Defense Battalions

Strength

At the onset of the war:
110,000–150,000 soldiers,
1,700–2,100 tanks, (500 operable)
1,000 armoured vehicles,
300 operable artillery pieces,
485 fighter-bombers (~100 operable),
750 helicopters

At the onset of the war:
200,000 soldiers,
2,800 tanks,
4,000 APCs,
1,400 artillery pieces,
380 fighter-bombers,
350 helicopters

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