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Operation Mersad
Iranian military operation in the Iran–Iraq War / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Operation Forough Javidan (Persian: عملیات فروغ جاویدان, lit. Operation Eternal Light, MeK's codename) and Operation Mersad (Persian: عملیات مرصاد, lit. Operation Ambush, Iranian codename) were among the last major military operations of the Iran–Iraq War.
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Part of the Iran–Iraq War | |||||||||
![]() Burned-out vehicles in the aftermath of Operation Mersad | |||||||||
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7,000 MEK troops[1] 300 tanks unknown number of artillery pieces and aircraft |
210,000 Iranians engaged 1,200,000 total 365 tanks unknown number of artillery pieces and aircraft | ||||||||
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1,500 to 2,506 KIA (Iranian claim)[2] 400 APCs 90 pieces of 80mm mortar 150 pieces of 60mm mortar 30 pieces of 106mm recoilless rifles[citation needed] | 480 KIA (Iranian claim)[7] |
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In July 1988, 7,000 militants from the Peoples Mojahedin Organization of Iran (MEK) invaded Iran, hoping to capture Kermanshah.[1] Led by Lieutenant-General Ali Sayad Shirazi, Operation Mersad began on 26 July 1988 and lasted only a few days, whereby the Iranian Armed Forces defeated MEK forces.