Operation Samen-ol-A'emeh

September 27–29, 1981

Result Iranian victory

Iranian army and Revolutionary Guard units attacked Iraqi lines around Abadan. They broke the long siege of the city, a morale-boosting early success in the war.

Contemporaries

Iraq

Iran

Iraq

Iran

Saddam Hussein military commander

Ruhollah Khomeini military commander

Strength and losses

Strength: 15,000
Killed: 3,000
Tanks lost: c. 150

Units

Islamic Republic of Iran Army Aviation Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Ali Khamenei Gholam Ali Rasheed Lieutenant General Hossein Kharrazi Major General Mehdi Bakeri Major General Mohammad Boroujerdi Major General Mohammad Ebrahim Hemmat Major General Mohsen Rezaee Major General Mostafa Chamran Major General Qasem Soleimani Lieutenant General 14th Imam Hossein Division 77th Infantry Division of Khurasan 1st Marine Brigade (Iran) Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force