# List of extensive Iranian ground operations in the Iran-Iraq war

The list of extensive Iranian ground operations in the Iran-Iraq war is an article about the introduction of 28 of the most important Iranian ground operations during the 8 years of the Iran-Iraq war, which are known as extensive operations. In this article, extensive operations are classified into 3 categories, northern front, middle front and southern front, based on the operational front. The set of information introduced for each operation includes: the name of the operation, the date of the start and end of the operation, the area of the operation, the code of the operation, the forces operating in each operation and a summary of the most important achievements in each operation.

## Southern front

| Name of the operation | Start date | End date | Battle zone | Operation code | Operating forces | Operation results |
| Operation Dezful | October 15, 1980 | October 20, 1980 | Andimeshk, Karkheh river, west of Naderi bridge, Qahveh Kaneh three-way | - | Army | Stabilizing the Naderi bridge and pushing back the enemy from a part of the west of Karkheh and preventing the fall of Khuzestan and preventing Iraq from accessing the Andimeshk-Khorramabad and Andimeshk Ahwaz road and the Andimeshk railway and preventing access to the Dez dam and... |
| Operation Nasr | January 5, 1981 | January 8, 1981 | Hoveyzeh, Karkheh Koor, Dasht-e Azadegan | - | Army and Muslim Student Followers of the Imam's Line | First, the Iranian forces advanced using the gap in the Iraqi army's positions in the Karkheh Koor axis to 20 kilometers east of Hoveyzeh, but due to some inconsistencies in the Iranian forces, the Iraqi army was able to seize the Hoveyzeh–Susangerd road in the middle of January 1981. |
| Tawakkul Operation | January 10, 1981 | January 10, 1981 | North of Abadan, Mahshahr three-way | - | Army | The effort of Iranian forces to prevent the siege of Abadan and prevent Iraqi forces from passing through Karun failed. |
| Operation Farmandeh Kole Ghowa | June 11, 1981 | June 15, 1981 | Abadan, Darkhoveyn | - | IRGC | Iran's victory |
| Operation Samen-ol-A'emeh | September 27, 1981 | September 27, 1981 | - | Arabic: نصرمن‌الله و فتحٌ‌قریب | Army and IRGC | Recapturing the eastern bank of the Karun River - removing Abadan from the one-year siege - liberating more than 150 square kilometers of land occupied by the Iraqi army - the most classic operation of the Iranian forces during the war, which was completely based on military principles. |
| Operation Tariq al-Quds | November 29, 1981 | December 6, 1981 | North and South of Karkheh, Dasht-e Azadegan | Arabic: حسین‌بن‌علی | Army and IRGC | Liberation of Bostan and 70 villages in the region and 5 border checkpoints - occupation of Allaho Akbar region and Chazabeh Defile |
| Operation Fath ol-Mobin | March 22, 1982 | March 30, 1982 | West of Karkheh | Arabic: یازهرا (س) | Army and IRGC | Recapture of 2,500 square kilometers of Iranian territory from Iraqi forces - Liberation of the strategic road from Dezful to Dehloran - Capture of Abu Gharib oil wells in the Tineh Heights - Capture of 15,000 Iraqi soldiers by Iranian forces. |
| Operation Beit ol-Moqaddas | April 30, 1982 | May 24, 1982 | Khorramshahr, Dasht-e Azadegan | Arabic: یا علی‌ابن‌ابیطالب علیه‌السّلام | Army and IRGC | Liberation of Khorramshahr and Hoveyzeh area and Hamid barracks - destruction of 20% of the Iraqi army - liberation of 5038 square kilometers from the occupied areas - extensive withdrawal of Iraqi forces from Khuzestan province and their positioning around the city of Basra to counter a possible attack by Iranian forces |
| Operation Ramadan | July 13, 1982 | July 29, 1982 | East of Basra | Arabic: یا صاحب‌الزمان ادرکنی | Army and IRGC | The first encounter of the Iranian forces with the triangular trenches and as a result the failure in the siege of Basra and the capture of this city as the objective of the operation. |
| Operation Muslim ibn Aqil | October 1, 1982 | October 7, 1982 | Sumar region | Arabic: یا ابوالفضل العباس | Army and IRGC | With the aim of overcoming the failure of the Ramadan operation, which was accompanied by success. |
| Operation Muharram | November 1, 1982 | November 11, 1982 | Musian - "Miyan Hamrin" border heights - southeast of Dehloran | Arabic: یا زینب (س) | Army and IRGC | Seizing the Musian and Bayat oil resources as well as the Zubaidat oil ponds, which consisted of 700 oil wells - Seizing the road from Tayyeb to Shahrani - Seizing the supply road from Baghdad to Basra - The troops reached the 50 km long border point. The first motorcycle RPG battalion was used in this operation. |
| Operation Before the Dawn | February 6, 1983 | February 10, 1983 | Fakkeh, Chazabeh | Arabic: یاالله-یاالله-یاالله | IRGC | Leaking of the operation plan by the forces of the People's Mojahedin Organization - the failure of the Iranian forces in capturing the Ghazilah bridge and the capture of Amarah city. |
| Operation Dawn | April 10, 1983 | April 17, 1983 | Jebele Foqi - north of Fakkeh | Arabic: یاالله-یاالله-یاالله | Army | The partial achievement of the Iranian forces to the desired heights - the weakness of the command of the ground forces due to excessive reliance on the artillery unit - the failure to join the units to each other after the end of the operation - the retreat of the Iranian forces to their previous positions after a few days. |
| Operation Dawn 2 | July 20, 1983 | August 4, 1983 | Haji Omeran | - | Army and IRGC | Cooperation of Barzani Kurds with Iranian forces - the leak of the operation by the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan to the Iraqi forces - 80% of the objectives of the operation were realized. Also, the Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran exposed and many documents were obtained about them. |
| Operation Kheibar | February 22, 1984 | March 12, 1984 | Hawizeh Marshes | Arabic: یا رسول‌الله | Army and IRGC | In the northern axis of the operation (Al-Aziz), Iranian forces were able to reach the Tigris River and cut off the traffic of vehicles on the Basra-Baghdad route. Capture of two Majnoon Island with an area of 160 square kilometers - Capture of 50 oil wells - Iraq's extensive use of chemical weapons - The start of tanker war |
| Operation Badr | March 10, 1985 | March 17, 1985 | Hawizeh Marshes - north of Basra | Arabic: یا فاطمه‌الزّهرا (س) | Army and IRGC | The slow progress of Iranian forces in Iraqi positions to the east of the Tigris and the failure to cross it - the inability of Iranian forces to fire properly at Iraqi forces due to the lack of facilities - retreat from half of the captured areas after a week - the start of the city war |
| Operation Ghader | July 15, 1985 | September 9, 1985 | Erbil province of Iraq | - | Army and IRGC | Liberation of Sarsepandar, Kalazardeh and Barbarzindoost heights |
| Operation Dawn 8 | February 9, 1986 | April 18, 1986 | Faw peninsula | Arabic: یا فاطمه‌الزهرا (س) | IRGC and Army | The capture of the city of Faw, Ras al-Bisheh, the Faw road to Basra - cutting off Iraq's access to the Persian Gulf - the most extensive use of chemical weapons during the war by the Iraqi army - the capture of 3,000 Iraqi soldiers by Iranian forces - the adoption of United Nations Security Council Resolution 582 - the construction of the "Basat" bridge Using 5,000 pipes on Arvand River - chemical injury of more than 15,000 Iranian soldiers in 17 days - Robert McFarlane's arrival in Tehran. |
| Operation Karbala-4 | December 24, 1986 | December 26, 1986 | West of Minu Island - Abu Al-Khaseeb | Arabic: محمدرسول‌الله | IRGC | Leaking of the operation plan before its start by Awax planes - blocking the digging of the canal in the main passage of the Axis and filling it with Mazut to defeat the Iranian forces - the failure of the Iranian forces in capturing the islands of Umm ar-Rasas and Abu Al-Khaseeb after 48 hours and the order to stop Operations by commanders. |
| Siege of Basra | January 9, 1987 | February 23, 1987 | East of Basra | Arabic: یا زهرا (س) | IRGC and Army | Approval of Resolution 598 - Advancement of 12 km towards Basra - Capture of 11 Iraqi Army Camps - Liberation of 150 km of Iran's territory - Destruction of 81 independent brigades and battalions of the Iraqi Army - Capture of Bubiyan Lake - Liberation of 4 Iranian border posts. |
| Operation Beit ol-Moqaddas 7 | June 12, 1988 | June 15, 1988 | Shalamcheh | Arabic: یا اباعبدالله‌الحسین | IRGC | The purpose of this operation was only to weaken the morale and war machine of Iraq in the southern part of the fish breeding channel. Iranian forces returned to their original positions with the first Iraqi attack without any resistance. |
| Operation Labbeik Ya Khomeini | | | West of Karun | Arabic: فنای‌فی‌الله | IRGC | |

## Middle front

| Name of the operation | Start date | End date | Battle zone | Operation code | Operating forces | Operation results |
| Battle of Mehran | June 30, 1986 | July 10, 1986 | Qalavizan heights to Mehran city | Arabic: یا اباالفضل‌العباس ادرکنی | IRGC and Army | Recapture of the city of Mehran and the strategic heights of Qalavizan and Hamrin - liberation of the road from Dehloran to Mehran - liberation of 2 border checkpoints. |
| Operation Karbala-6 | January 14, 1987 | January 14, 1987 | Naft Shahr and north of Sumar | Arabic: یا زهرا (س) | Army | Iranian forces achieved victory in liberating Iran's "Naft Shahr" city and Iraq's "Naft Khaneh" city. |

## Northern front

| Name of the operation | Start date | End date | Battle zone | Operation code | Operating forces | Operation results |
| Operation Dawn-4 | October 19, 1983 | November 21, 1983 | Penjwen | Arabic: یاالله-یاالله-یاالله | Army, IRGC and Patriotic Union of Kurdistan | The resistance of the Iraqi army in the region was more than expected, which caused the two sides to invest a lot in order to win this battle and turned Dawn-4 from a limited operation into a large-scale operation. During this operation, 700 square kilometers of Iraqi territory were captured by Iranian forces. |
| Operation Ghader | November 21, 1983 | September 9, 1985 | Sidekan | Arabic: یا صاحب‌الزمان (عج) | Army | Due to the failure of the Badr operation, the initiative was given to the army in this operation, and the liberation of the Oshnavieh-Piranshahr general area was also handed over from the IRGC to the army. But the army also failed in this operation and failed to capture the area three times in two months and finally ordered to stop the operation. |
| Operation Karbala 10 | April 14, 1987 | April 25, 1987 | Baneh, Sardasht, Mavout axis | Arabic: یا صاحب‌الزمان ادرکنی | IRGC and Patriotic Union of Kurdistan | The slow advance of Iranian forces on the difficult roads of the region - failure to achieve half of the initial goals of the operation - advancement of 34 kilometers in Iraqi territory - grounding of the forces of both sides in the heights of Shakh Qoolan. |
| Operation Beit ol-Moqaddas 2 | January 15, 1988 | January 22, 1988 | The height of Qomish, Sulaymaniyah, Mavout | Arabic: یا زهرا (س) | IRGC | Iran's first operation was in the winter, which brought a partial victory in order to score points for the end of the war - the capture of the heights of Qomish, Vivlan and the Goujar Strait were the achievements of this operation. |
| Operation Dawn 10 | March 14, 1988 | March 19, 1988 | Halabja, Sulaymaniyah | Arabic: یا رسول‌الله (ص) | IRGC and Army | This operation was a complete success and the towns of Halabja, Dojileh and Khurmal were captured by Iranian forces - the siege of the Iraqi city of Sulaymaniyah - the chemical bombing of the Iraqi city of Halabja by the Ba'ath regime |
| Operation Mersad | July 26, 1988 | July 30, 1988 | Kermanshah province | Arabic: یا صاحب‌الزمان عجل‌الله تعالی وجه‌الشریف | Army and IRGC | Complete failure of operation "Mersad" - Pushing back the invading forces behind the international borders - Killing 2000 people and arresting 250 members of the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran - Destruction of 400 types of Iraqi army vehicles that were at the disposal of the invading forces - Acceptance of the Resolution 598 by Saddam Hussein - expressing Britain's desire to re-establish diplomatic relations - sending UN peacekeeping forces to the borders of the two countries and establishing lasting peace. |