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Operation Fath al-Mobin

Operation Fath ol-Mobin
Part of Iran-Iraq War
Date 22–28 March 1982
(6 days)
Location Khuzestan, South-West Iran
Result Decisive Iranian victory
Territorial
changes

Iranians recapture the DezfulShush area

  • Iraqi siege on Shush is broken
Belligerents
 Iraq  Iran
Commanders and leaders
Iraq Saddam Hussein Iran Ali Sayad Shirazi
Iran Hossein Kharrazi
Iran Mohammad Boroujerdi
Strength
80,000-160,000 soldiers 80,000-100,000 regulars
40,000 Pasdaran
30,000 Basij
15,000 militia
Casualties and losses

25,000 killed or wounded
15,000-20,000 captured
361 tanks, IFVs and APCs, 18 aircraft, 300 vehicles, 50 artillery pieces and 30 engineering vehicles destroyed.

150 tanks, 170 APCs, 500 vehicles, several SAM-6 missiles, several surface-to-surface missiles, 165 artillery pieces (182 mm, 130 mm, 152 mm) and 50 engineering vehicles captured.
30,000 casualties (mostly Basij)
196 tanks destroyed

Iranians recapture the DezfulShush area

25,000 killed or wounded
15,000-20,000 captured
361 tanks, IFVs and APCs, 18 aircraft, 300 vehicles, 50 artillery pieces and 30 engineering vehicles destroyed.

Operation Fath ol-Mobin (Persian: عملیات فتح‌المبین‎‎, Quranic phrase meaning "Undeniable Victory" or "Manifest Victory") was a major Iranian military operation conducted during the Iran-Iraq War, in March 1982. The operation was led by Lt. General Ali Sayad Shirazi, and was conducted in four phases.

Some believe that this operation was the turning point in the war and that it led to the eviction of Iraqi troops from Khuzestan. Others (including Efraim Karsh) believe it was actually the operation working in tandem with others which led to the expulsion of Iraqi troops from southern Iran. He believes that in fact, Operation Beit ol-Moqaddas, which lasted from April to May 1982, had the greatest effect, because the Iranians were able to liberate the strategically important city of Khorramshahr.

On 22 September 1980, Saddam Hussein, attempting to repeat the success of the Israeli pre-emptive air strike against the Arab air forces in the Six Day War, launched numerous sorties against Iranian air fields, hoping to destroy the Iranian air force on the ground. Although they failed, Saddam was still not going to be prevented from achieving his aim of establishing complete and utter Iraqi dominance over the Shatt al-Arab, called Arvand Rood in Iran (Persian: اروند رود) waterway. He launched a land invasion of Iran, focusing on southern Iran.


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