Operation Quds-1
Operation Quds-1 | |||||||
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Part of Iran–Iraq War | |||||||
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Saddam Hussein |
Ruhollah Khomeini (Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps) |
Operation Quds-1 (Persian: عملیات قدس-۱) is the name of a military operation[1][2][3][4] which was started on June 14, 1985 during the Iran-Iraq war. The operation was launched by the forces of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps of the Islamic Republic of Iran under the code name of "Ya Mohammad Rasoolullah" (Persian: یامحمد رسولالله) in the "Hur al-Hawizeh (Hawizeh Marshes)" operational zone which is located at the east of the Tigris River in Iraq. The goal of Quds-1 operation was to annihilate the Ba'athist forces in Iraq and in order to disrupt the cohesion of Saddam's army in the region; The size of the area was approximately one hundred and eighty square kilometers.[5][6][7][8][9]
At the mentioned operation,[10][11][12][13] which lasted for about 4 days, the forces of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (of Iran) captured two checkpoints, namely "Abu-Dharr" and "Abu-Laila"; and as a result, the Iraqi Ba'athist resistance was finished. At the initial step/day of the operation, Saddam's army did chemical/explosive attacks against Iranians by utilizing PC7s and helicopters.[14][15][16]
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- ^ An overview of the results of Operation Quds 1 isna.ir, Retrieved 31 January 2021
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- ^ Anniversary of "Operation Quds 1" isna.ir, Retrieved 31 January 2021
- ^ An overview of the tactics and method of operation "Quds 1" + operation plan tasnimnews.com, Retrieved 31 January 2021
- ^ Operation Quds-1 aviny.com, Retrieved 31 January 2021
- ^ The role of the 25th Karbala Special Division of Mazandaran in Operation Quds 1 defapress.ir, Retrieved 31 January 2021
- ^ Crushing the enemy resistance in Operation Quds-1 irna.ir, Retrieved 31 January 2021
- ^ "Operation Quds 1" at a glance defapress.ir, Retrieved 31 January 2021
- ^ Proud operation of Quds hawzah.net, Retrieved 31 January 2021
- ^ "Operation Quds 1" irna.ir, Retrieved 31 January 2021
- ^ Operation "Quds 1" jamejamonline.ir, Retrieved 31 January 2021
- ^ Operation Quds; An Introduction to the Conquest of Faw mehrnews.com, Retrieved 31 January 2021
- ^ Operation Quds-1 aviny.com, Retrieved 31 January 2021
- ^ "Operation Quds 1" at a glance isna.ir, Retrieved 31 January 2021
- ^ An overview of the tactics and method of operation "Quds 1" + operation plan tasnimnews.com, Retrieved 31 January 2021
- History of Khuzestan Province
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- Military operations involving chemical weapons
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