✦ History

Part of Iran–Iraq War

Operation Kheibar

February 14 – March 19, 1984 · Operation Kheibar

Result Iranian victory

Iran took the Majnoon Islands in the Hawizeh marshes; Iraq used chemical weapons.

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Iran

Iraq

Iran
Iraq
Mohsen Rezaee military commander Hossein Kharrazi military commander Mohammad Ebrahim Hemmat military commander

Strength and losses

Killed
20,000
Wounded
30,000
Captured
1,000

Units

Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps 27th Mohammad Rasulullah Division 17th Ali ibn Abi Taleb Division