Conflict: | Operation Beit ol-Moqaddas 4 |
Place: | Sulaymaniyah Governorate, Iraq |
Partof: | Iran–Iraq War |
Date: | 25 March 1988 |
Result: | Iranian victory |
Combatant1: | Iran |
Combatant2: | Iraq |
Commander1: | Mohsen Rezaee |
Commander2: | Saddam Hussein |
Casualties1: | Unknown |
Casualties2: | 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]
The operation area of Beitol Moqaddas-4 was a mountainous region, including:
Operation Beit al-Moqaddas-4[11] [12] [13] resulted in the conquering of several areas of Iraq by Iranian forces, including: