Operation Beit ol-Moqaddas

Operation Beit ol-Moqaddas
	Part of Iran–Iraq War
Date	24 April – 24 May 1982; (1 month)
Location	Khuzestan, South-West Iran
Result	Iranian victory
Territorial; changes	Iranians liberated Khorramshahr and the town of Hoveyzeh as well as villages, around 4,500 km2 overall, and pushed Iraqi forces to near the border
Belligerents
Iraq	Iran
Commanders and leaders
Col. Ahmad Zeidan † (Commander of Iraqi forces in Khorramshahr); Maj. Gen. Salah al-Qadhi (commander of III Corps)	Mohsen Rezai ; Col. Ali Sayad Shirazi ; Gholam Ali Rashid ; Col. Massoud Monfared Niyaki ; Hassan Baqeri ; Col. Hossein Hassani Saadi ; Ahmad Gholampoor ; Col. Siroos Lotfi
Strength
65,000 troops:; 90 infantry battalions; 43 armored battalions; 23 mechanized battalions; 22 commando battalions; 12 border guard battalions; 30 artillery battalions; 500 tanks, 500 APCs and 500 artillery pieces	200,000 troops:; 112 infantry battalions; 23 armored battalions; 9 mechanized battalions; 29 artillery battalions; 5 combat engineer battalions; 1 pontoon bridge battalion; 4 army aviation units (96 helicopters); 700–1,000 tanks ≈600 artillery pieces
Casualties and losses
8,000 killed; 15,000 wounded; 19,000 captured 250 tanks, 300 APCs, 100 artillery pieces destroyed or captured	12,000–15,000 killed; 25,000 wounded 400 tanks destroyed

Operation Beit-ol-Moqaddas (Persian: عملیات بیت‌المقدس) or Operation Toward Beit-ol-Moqaddas (عملیات الی بیت‌المقدس) was an Iranian operation conducted during the Iran–Iraq War. The operation was a success, as it achieved its standing aim of liberating Khorramshahr and pushed Iraqi troops back to the border. This operation, coupled with Operation Tariq-ol-Qods, and Operation Fath-ol-Mobin, succeeded in evicting Iraqi troops from southern Iran and gave Iran the momentum.

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