Operation Beit ol-Moqaddas 2
Part of the Iran–Iraq War
DateJanuary 15 – 22 January 1988
(1 week)
Location
Qomish-Sulaymaniyah, Iraq
Result Iranian victory
Belligerents
 Iraq  Iran
Casualties and losses
5400 killed, wounded, captured Unknown but estimated to be high
Sulaymaniyah, in Iraq; a part of which was involved during the Iran-Iraq War (in Operation Beit ol-Moqaddas 2 and 3)

Operation Beit ol-Moqaddas-2 was an offensive in the Iran–Iraq War that was started by Iran with the code of Ya-Zahra (s.a.) by the command of Sepah (Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps) in Qomish-Sulaymaniyah axis (in Iraq) on January 15, 1988. During and at the end of this operation, Iran succeeded as the decisive winner.[1][2]

Aftermath

The operation which was started on cold days in winter to capture the highlands of the west of Maoot city in Iraq, led to the capture of more than 40 hill peaks as well as several villages in the region, including Oral, Golalah, Harmadan, Bein-Dora, Sheikh-Muhammad and Yulan. There does not seem to be any mentioned statistics about the Iranian casualties, but there were high casualties and losses for Iraq, including 5400 killed, wounded, and captured.[2][3][4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Rashid, Mohsen (1999). Short report/the center for studies and researches of war of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, edition:Mahdi Ansari (in Persian). Tehran, Sepah, Center of studies and research of war.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. 1 2 "Operation Beitol Moqaddas 2". www.fatehan.ir. 28 October 2017.
  3. ↑ www.rasanews.ir rasanews.ir Retrieved 7 Nov 2017
  4. ↑ Beitul Moqaddas-2 operation

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