✦ History

Part of Iran–Iraq War

Operation Beit ol-Moqaddas

April 24 – May 24, 1982 · Operation Beit ol-Moqaddas

Result Iranian victory

Iran retook Khorramshahr and drove Iraq from most of the land it held in Iran.

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Iran

Iraq

Iran
Iraq
Mohsen Rezaee military commander Ali Sayyad Shirazi military commander Gholam Ali Rasheed military commander

Strength and losses

Strength
200,000
Killed
12,000–15,000
Wounded
25,000
Tanks
700–1,000
Tanks lost
c. 400
Guns
c. 600

Units

Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps 14th Imam Hossein Division 27th Mohammad Rasulullah Division 17th Ali ibn Abi Taleb Division 92nd Armored Division (Iran)
Iraqi III Corps (1980–1988) 3rd Division (Iraq) 5th Division (Iraq) 6th Division (Iraq) 7th Division (Iraq) 9th Armoured Division (Iraq)