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Iraq Invasion of Iran (1980)

Iraqi invasion of Iran
Part of the Iran–Iraq War
Battle of khorramshahr 4.jpg
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 Iraq
Commanders and leaders

Iran 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)

Iraq 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

Iran 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)

Iraq 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)


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