Operation Tariq al-Qods

Operation Tariq al-Qods
Part of Iran–Iraq War
Date 29 November – 7 December 1981 (1 week and 1 day) Location Dasht-e-Azadegan, Bostan and west of Susangerd, in Khuzestan, South-West Iran Result Decisive Iranian victory Territorial changes Iran retakes Bostan area (including 60 towns, 70 villages; 800 km2), threatening to cut off Iraqi forces in Susangerd Iran retakes Chazzabeh mountain pass, reaching Hawizeh Marshes
Belligerents
Iraq	Iran
Commanders and leaders
	Hossein Kharrazi Mohammad Boroujerdi Gholam Ali Rashid Massoud Monfared Niyaki
Casualties and losses
≈2,500 170 tanks and APCs, 200 vehicles, 13 aircraft, 4 helicopters destroyed. 15 tanks and APCs, 250 vehicles, 30 anti-aircraft pieces, 19 artillery pieces, 12 loaders and bulldozers captured.	≈6,000 Dozens of armored vehicles Several AH-1J Cobra helicopters

≈2,500
170 tanks and APCs, 200 vehicles, 13 aircraft, 4 helicopters destroyed.

Operation Tariq al-Qods (Persian: عملیات طریق القدس‎‎, meaning "Jerusalem Way") was an operation in the Iran–Iraq War launched by Iran to free Bostan.

The Operation was launched on 29 November 1981 and lasted more than a week. The Iranians used human wave attacks in their offensive for the first time in the war. Fierce fighting raged with the Iraqi defenders for one week. The Iranians were able to successfully liberate Bostan. During the operation Iran lost more than twice as many men as the Iraqis. Even so, the attrition rate was in Iran's favor. Iran was now able to eliminate an important supply route. This was extremely critical because Iraq did not have enough soldiers for a long front line. 2,500 Iraqis and 6,000 Iranians had been killed in the fighting.

Source:

Iraqi order of battle at the onset of the operation was as follows:

North of Karkheh:

South of Karkheh:

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