Battle of Tehran

-Battle of Nigeria

-Battle of California

-Battle of Australia

-Battle of Volgograd

-Battle of New York

-Battle of Vladivostok

Strength| Islamic Republic of Iran-Islamic Republic of Iran Army* 82,000-100,000 soldiers
	+ T-72 tanks
	+ FV4201 Chieftain tanks
* M60A1 Patton tanks
	+ M48A5 Patton tanks
	+ M47 Patton tanks
	+ BMP-1 IFVs
	+ 2S1 Gvozdika Howitzers
	+ M109A1 Hoveyzeh howitzers
	+ M-1978 Howitzers (North Korea)
	+ M107 howitzers
	+ M110 howitzers
* Army Aviation
	+ AH-1W SuperCobra
	+ Boeing CH-47 Chinook
	+ Bell 206

-Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps* IRGC Ground Forces
	+ Quds Force
* 50,000 paramilitary troops
* T-72 tanks
* T-55 tanks

-Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force* F-14 Tomcat
* Su-24 Fencer
* Su-25 Frogfoot
* MiG-29 Fulcrum
* F-4 Phantom
* Mirage F1
* F-5 Tiger

Terran Alliance (late battle)* Terran Armed Forces

-Saudi Arabian Army* 80,000 soldiers
* M1 Abrams
* M60 Patton
* AMX30

-Royal Saudi Air Force* 40 F-15 Eagles
* 46 Tornados

-Israeli Air Force* 24 F-15 Eagles
* 20 F-4 Phantoms
	+ Squadron 69
* 16 Kfirs
* 8 A-4 Skyhawks
* 60 F-16 Fighting Falcons

-Syrian Arab Air Force* 24 MiG-29 Fulcrums
* 18 Su-22 Fitters
* 10 Su-24 Fencers

-Turkish Air Force* 28 F-4 Phantoms
* 60 F-16 Fighting Falcons

-Egyptian Air Force* 14 F-4 Phantoms
* 16 Mirage Vs
* 10 Tu-16 Badgers
* 12 Su-20/Su-22 Fitters
* 4 Mirage 2000s
* 8 F-16 Fighting Falcons

-United Arab Emirates Air Force* 8 Mirage Vs
* 12 Mirage 2000s

-Iraqi Air Force* 8 Su-22 Fitter-Bs
* 4 Su-24s Fencers

-Kuwaiti Air Force* 8 A-4 Skyhawks

The **Battle of Tehran** was one of nine battles on Earth that took place during the Terran campaign. It was the only battle of the campaign to take place in the territory of a country outside the Terran Alliance, due to Iran's initial refusal to join the Terran Alliance. It was a bloody battle, but ended in victory over the Separatists after the Terran Alliance decided to reinforce the Iranians.

The Battle itself was considered the bloodiest in the Iranian history since the Iran-Iraq War of 1980s after the arrival of the Republic.

## Prelude

The Galactic Republic first arrived on Terra on October 5, 1991. After establishing first contact with the government of the United States, the Republic established contact with the world through the United Nations, and issued a warning to the whole planet that the Separatists had been attempting to find Terra.

On November 30, 1991, the United Nations voted on a resolution to declare an alliance with the Republic in the face of the expected invasion by the Separatists. Of the 169 member nations of the United Nations, 128 voted in favor of the alliance, 38 had voted to remain neutral, and 3 (Libya, Iraq, and North Korea), abstained from the vote. Iran was one of the countries that voted to remain neutral.

Days after the vote, the Anti-Sith Assault Team was officially formed as a Terran unit to defend Terra against the Sith. It officially began its training under Mace Windu and Anakin Skywalker.

In the following month, the nations of Terra who had voted in favor began to heavily militarize. Most of the countries in question instituted drafts to build up their armies. While Iran remained neutral, they did draft thousands of troops as a precaution.

On Christmas, a Separatist scout ship arrived in the Terran system. It was quickly destroyed, but not before it was able to transmit its location to the main Separatist fleet.

On January 8, the United Nations and the Republic launched Operation Thunderstrike, an operation to capture Muammar Gaddafi, Saddam Hussein, and Kim Il-Sung, who intended to ally with the Separatists. The operation was successful, and all three rulers and much of their government were captured and imprisoned.

The night of the 8th, the Separatist armada arrived in the Terran system. Hours later, early the morning of the 9th, the Separatists fleet engaged the Republic fleet protecting Earth. The battle lasted for several hours before the Republic fleet, which was down to just 8 ships, retreated at the order of Anakin Skywalker.

The Separatist fleet took up a position in orbit, and launched two massive airstrikes against Terra. American and Soviet fighters successfully shot down most of the strike forces, but the two forces successfully distracted Terran air defenses long enough for Separatist ground forces to begin landing across the world.

## The Battle

When Separatist landing forces were detected moving towards the Middle East, it was anticipated that they would land in Saudi Arabia. However, to the surprise of the world, the Separatists instead landed in Iran, just outside of the capital city of Tehran.

The Iranians, despite being neutral, immediately launched a counter attack against the droids. However, due to their decision to remain neutral, the Iranian Army had not received any form of weapon upgrades from the Galactic Republic, and were forced to fight with normal firearms.

The Iranians had over 80,000-100,000 soldiers stationed in Tehran as a precaution prior to the start of the Terran campaign, of which 20,000 attacked the droids at their landing site. However, due to their superior firepower, the droids pushed the Iranians back towards Tehran.

The Iranians attempted several more head on attacks, but with limited success and heavy casualties. Switching tactics, the Iranians pulled their forces back and dug in the city, while evacuating civilians from the outer parts of Tehran and taking them further in.

During the first day of the battle, there was no word from any of Iran's neighbors in the Persian Gulf area, despite the massing of Saudi Arabian troops on the Iran-Iraq border. However, 25 hours into the battle, the Saudis decided they couldn't allow Iran to fall to the Separatists, for fear they would be next. The Saudis sent out messages to every government within air range of Iran, asking for them to contribute aircraft to conduct a massive airstrike against the Separatist army attacking Tehran. Turkey, Egypt, Israel, Syria, Kuwait, and the UAE responded and began preparing aircraft for the strike.

As the airstrike was being prepared, the Iranians continued their defense, but quickly began to be forced further back into Tehran, with their Air Force taking heavy losses while trying to provide air support.

Finally, 33 hours into the battle, the massive coalition of aircraft, numbering 462 aircraft, arrived in Iranian airspace and began attacking the Separatist armies. Their attacks caused heavy damage to the Separatist armies.

When the aerial strike force finally ran out of ordnance and began retreating out of Iranian airspace, the Saudi Arabian Army ordered 80,000 troops they had stationed on the Iran-Iraq border to cross the border into Iran and head straight for Tehran.

Once the Separatists detected the Saudi troops moving into Iran to reinforce the Iranians, they decided to pull their forces out of Iran, and had their army successfully evacuated within an hour of the order being given.

## Aftermath

When the Saudi troops sent to reinforce Tehran arrived in the city following the battle, they were welcomed with open arms, and the Supreme Leader of Iran, Ali Khamenei, came to thank them in person.

Due to being alone for most of the battle, the Iranian suffered heavy casualties in the battle, with 61,000 to 70,000 soldiers and 50,000 to 55,000 civilians being killed or wounded in the battle, and heavy damage being caused to Tehran itself, as well as the loss of half of the aircraft of the Iranian Air Force. However, it destroyed about two third of the attacking army, dealing a serious defeat to the Separatists, it is also considered as the bloodiest since the Iran-Iraq War of 1980s in the aftermath of the Islamic Revolution in 1979 after overthrowing the Pahlavi dynasty and the US Embassy Hostage crisis which resulted to anti-American sentiment among the Iranian people.

The Battle was later proved to be a turning point in relations between Iran and the rest of the Gulf States, Israel and the West. Due to the aid given to Iran by her neighbors, and the fact that many of the losses Iran sustained were because of Iran's refusal to join the Terran Alliance and reconcile with it's Enemies, Iran began to develop better relations with other nations, including nations they had previously been at odds with. This easing of tensions eventually led to the Iranians joining the Terran Alliance in late 1993.

Surprisingly, the current Iranian government were now abandoning it's Anti-semitic rhetoric, anti-Israeli, anti-American policies in favor to Reconciliation, Peace and friendship with the Galactic Republic as well as restoring the Secularization of Iran which seperates both state and religion, acknowledging it's Human rights abuses, as well as allowing Freedoms and Political reforms in Iran.

## Appearances

* *Rise of the Terran Alliance (first appearance)*