Operation Karbala-2 (
Persian
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: عملیات کربلای 2) was an Iranian operation during
Iran–Iraq War
The Iran–Iraq War was an armed conflict between Iran and Iraq that lasted from September 1980 to August 1988. It began with the Iraqi invasion of Iran and lasted for almost eight years, until the acceptance of United Nations Security Council ...
which was launched on 1 September 1986
in
Haji Omeran
Haji Omeran ( ku, حاجی ئۆمەران ,Hacî Omeran; ar, حاج عمران), is a town located in Iraqi Kurdistan's Arbil province near the Iran–Iraq border. It is 180 kilometers northeast of the Arbil and 20 kilometers east of the Choman (C ...
area in
Iraq
Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq ...
with the command/participation of a brigade from Seyyed-al-Shohada corp-4 (of
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC; fa, سپاه پاسداران انقلاب اسلامی, Sepāh-e Pāsdārān-e Enghelāb-e Eslāmi, lit=Army of Guardians of the Islamic Revolution also Sepāh or Pasdaran for short) is a branch o ...
). As a result of the operation which was commenced by the code of "Ya Aba Abdellah al-Hussain (a.s.)", a part of "Haj-Omeran" road and some altitudes became occupied by Iranian forces.
At the operation Karbala-2 which was almost near the end of the 4th year of the war, there were other (Iranian) corps which participated in the operation in addition to Seyyed-al-Shohada corp-4, including:
Badr brigade-9, Qaem-12, Imam Reza-21, Quds-105 and Shuhada-155; which was done totally by the participation of 28 battalions from
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC; fa, سپاه پاسداران انقلاب اسلامی, Sepāh-e Pāsdārān-e Enghelāb-e Eslāmi, lit=Army of Guardians of the Islamic Revolution also Sepāh or Pasdaran for short) is a branch o ...
.
Iran at the end of this operation, Iranian forces captured the altitudes of "1600, 1700, 1800, 2000, 2200, 2435" and also a part of "Haj-Omran-Darbande Chuman Mostafa" and "GardKu" road
in Iraq.
See also
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Operation Karbala-1
In response to the loss of the strategic al-Faw Peninsula during the Iran–Iraq War, the Iraqis pushed into Iran to seize the strategic Iranian city of Mehran to trade for the strategically important territory. Saddam was able to seize the cit ...
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Operation Karbala-4
Operation Karbala-4 was an Iranian offensive in the Iran–Iraq War on the southern front. The operation was launched after the failure of Operation Karbala-2 and Operation Karbala-3 to move the Iraqi lines in an effort to capture Iraqi territ ...
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Operation Karbala-5
The siege of Basra, code-named Operation Karbala-5 ( fa, عملیات کربلای ۵ ) or The Great Harvest ( ar, الحصاد الاكبر), was an offensive operation carried out by Iran in an effort to capture the Iraqi port city of Basra in ...
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Operation Karbala-6
Operation Karbala-6 was an Iranian operation during the Iran–Iraq War to prevent Iraq from rapidly transferring units to its defense lines at Basra after Iran had launched Operation Karbala-5 to capture the city of Basra.
Iran used Basij mili ...
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Operation Karbala-7
Operation Karbala-7 ( ar, عملیات كربلاء ۷ , fa, عملیات کربلای ۷) was a successful Iranian offensive in Haj Omran during the Iran–Iraq War to prevent Iraq from rapidly transferring units to its defense lines at Basra aft ...
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Operation Karbala-10
Operation Karbala 10 was a joint effort by Iran and Kurdish PUK rebels in Iraq.
Wanting revenge after their failed attempt to besiege Basra, the Iranians launched Operation Karbala 10 in northern Iraq on 14 April. They wanted to show the Ira ...
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