Operation Ashura (Iran)

Operation Ashura

Part of Iran–Iraq War

Iranian soldiers preparing to enter combat during Operation Ashura
| Date| 17 October 1984
(4 days)

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Location|

Meymak, Ilam Province

Result|  Iranian victory
Territorial
changes|  Iran recaptures 50 sq.km of occupied territory
Belligerents
Iraq|  Iran
Units involved
Iraqi Army|  Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
Casualties and losses
Unknown|  Unknown

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Iran–Iraq War

Pre-war incidents

* 1975 Algiers Agreement
* Iranian Revolution
* 1979 Kurdish rebellion in Iran
* 1979 Khuzestan insurgency
* Iranian Embassy siege

Iraqi invasion of Iran (1980)

* Iraqi airstrike
* Revenge
* Kaman 99
* 1st Khorramshahr
* Scorch Sword
* Dezful
* Sultan 10
* Abadan
* Morvarid

Stalemate (1981)

* Nasr
* H-3
* Opera

Iranian offensives to free Iranian territory (1981–82)

* Commander-in-Chief
* Samen-ol-A'emeh
* Tariq-ol-Qods
* Fath-ol-Mobin
* Beit-ol-Moqaddas (2nd Khorramshahr)

Iranian offensives in Iraq (1982–84)

* Ramadan (1st Basra)
* Moslem Ibn Aqil
* Muharram ol-Harram
* Before the Dawn
* Dawn 1
* Dawn 2
* Dawn 3
* Dawn 4
* Dawn 5 (2nd Basra)
* Kheibar (3rd Basra)
* Kurdish rebellion (1983)
* Dawn 6
* Dawn 7
* Marshes

Iranian offensives in Iraq (1985–87)

* Badr (4th Basra)
* Ghader
* Dawn 8 (1st al-Faw)
* Dawn 9
* Karbala 1 (Mehran)
* Karbala 2
* Karbala 3
* Fath 1
* Karbala 4 (5th Basra)
* Karbala 5 (6th Basra)
* Karbala 6
* Karbala 7
* Karbala 8 (7th Basra)
* Karbala 9
* Karbala 10
* Nasr 4

Final stages (1988)

* Beit-ol-Moqaddas 2
* Anfal campaign
* Beit-ol-Moqaddas 3
* Dawn 10
* Halabja massacre
* Beit-ol-Moqaddas 4
* Zafar 7
* Tawakalna ala Allah (2nd al-Faw)
* Shining Sun
* Forty Stars
* Eternal Light
* Mersad

Tanker War

* June 5 1984 Skirmish
* Earnest Will
* Bridgeton incident
* Prime Chance
* Eager Glacier
* Nimble Archer
* Praying Mantis

International incidents

* 1981 Iraqi embassy bombing in Beirut
* USS Stark incident
* Iran Air Flight 655

Operation Ashura (Persian: عملیات عاشورا) is a military operation during Iran-Iraq War[1][2][3][4] which was launched on 17 October 1984 by Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and Islamic Republic of Iran Army against the army of Iraq. The military code of this operation was "Ya Aba Abdullah Al-Hussein (A.S.)" [Persian: (یااباعبدالله‌الحسین(ع], and ultimately the operation led to the recapture of more than 50 square kilometers of occupied areas in Ilam province, Iran.[5][6][7][8]

Twelve days before the official start of the Iran-Iraq war, on September 10, 1980, Iraqi Ba'athist army entered Ilam province and occupied the Meymak area. As a result of Ashura-operation, Iran took back fifty square-kilometers of the area. Among the spoils of war captured by Iran, are as follows:

4 tanks, 7 vehicles, 6 106 mm rifles, 29 mortars and a large number of small arms and ammunition from the Iraqi army.[9][10][11]

## See also

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* Operation Dawn 3
* Operation Karbala 1
* Operation Dawn 1
* Operation Muharram
* Operation Forty Stars

## References

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1. ^ Operation Ashura yjc.ir, Retrieved 30 January 2021
2. ^ An overview of Operation Ashura isna.ir, Retrieved 30 January 2021
3. ^ Images: 25 Mehr 1363, the beginning of Operation Ashura iranpress.com, Retrieved 30 January 2021
4. ^ Anniversary of the beginning of Ashura operation imna.ir, Retrieved 30 January 2021
5. ^ Operation Ashura (anniversary) iribnews.ir, Retrieved 30 January 2021
6. ^ Operation Ashura irna.ir, Retrieved 30 January 2021
7. ^ Operation Ashura irib.ir, Retrieved 30 January 2021
8. ^ Operation Ashura at a glance defapress.ir, Retrieved 30 January 2021
9. ^ Anniversary of Operation Ashura (Amaliate-Ashura) iribnews.ir, Retrieved 30 January 2021
10. ^ Ashura-operation (anniversary) mashreghnews.ir, Retrieved 30 January 2021
11. ^ Operation Ashura with Ramze Ya Aba Abdullah Al-Hussein iqna.ir, Retrieved 30 January 2021

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