Military Wiki
Military Wiki
Operation Karbala-7
Part of the Iran–Iraq War
Date4–8 March 1987
LocationIraqi Kurdistan
Result Decisive Iranian victory
Territorial
changes
Iran captures strategic Haj Omran highlands
Belligerents
Flag of Iraq (1963-1991) Iraq Flag of Iran Iran
Commanders and leaders
Flag of Iran Iran Ghandafar Azharfer


Operation Karbala-7 (Persian: 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 after Iran had launched Operation Karbala-5 to capture the city of Basra.[1][2]

References[]

All or a portion of this article consists of text from Wikipedia, and is therefore Creative Commons Licensed under GFDL.
The original article can be found at Operation Karbala-7 and the edit history here.