Operation Beit ol-Moqaddas 4

Operation Beit ol-Moqaddas 4 (Persian: عملیات بیت المقدس ۴) was a military operation during Iran-Iraq War^[1][2][3] which was launched by Iran^[4][5][6] on 25 March 1988^[7] by the code of "Ya Aba Abd-Allah al-Hussain (a.s.)" (Persian: «یااباعبدالله الحسین (ع)») at the axis of Halabcheh-Shakhshemiran, by the command of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, and it was lasted for two days. The goal of the operation was to fulfill/secure the left flank of Operation Dawn 10 area^[8]—which was considered as a sensitive area for Iraq.^[9]

Operation Beit ol-Moqaddas 4
Part of Iran–Iraq War
Date 25 March 1988 Location Sulaymaniyah Governorate, Iraq Result Iranian victory
Belligerents
Iran	Iraq
Commanders and leaders
Mohsen Rezaee	Saddam Hussein
Casualties and losses
Unknown	5,000+ killed or wounded 498 Captured Hundreds of armoured vehicles destroyed or captured (Iranian claim)

Iran-Iraq War

Locality

Halabja Province; whose part of it (axis of Halabja-Shakhshemiran) was involved of "Beitol Moqaddas-4 operation"

The operation area of Beitol Moqaddas-4 was a mountainous region, including:

• Darbandikhan lake and Shakh-Tamurzhenan (from the north)
• Martke plain; Shakh-Khashik heights and Bamoo (from the south)
• Zimkan river and Bizel mountain (from the east)
• Dam of Darbandikhan and Qashti heights (from the west)^[10]

Results

Operation Beit al-Moqaddas-4^[11][12][13] resulted in the conquering of several areas of Iraq by Iranian forces, including:

• Complete possession of ShakhShemiran heights and Shakh-Sumer
• Possession of a part of "Dasht-Tolbi" and "Bardaddkan heights"
• The killing/injuring approximately 5000 Iraqi soldiers
• The capture of 498 Iraqi soldiers
• Destruction of at least 15 tanks and 50 cars
• Additional Iranian "war spoils".^[14]

See also

• Operation Beit ol-Moqaddas 3
• Operation Dawn 10

References

1. The beginning of operation Beit al-Moqaddas-4 portal.anhar.ir
2. Previous to operation Beit al-Moqaddas-four aparat.com
3. Training of operation Beit al-Moqaddas-4 in Doroud iribnews.ir
4. Operation Beit al-Moqaddas-4 --Bibliography hawzah.net
5. Amaliat (Operation) Beit al-Moqaddas-4 ashoora.ir
6. The start of operation Beit al-Moqaddas-4 in the area of Darbandi Khan imna.ir
7. Rebuilding of operation Beit al-Moqaddas-4 in Doroud basijnews.ir
8. Operation Beit ol-Moqaddas 4 by the code of "Ya Aba Abdellah al-Hussain (a.s.)" defapress.ir
9. The report of operation Beit al-Moqaddas-4 police.ir
10. Operation Beit al-Moqaddas-4, possession of Darbandikhan dam heights (Iraq) irna.ir
11. Operation Beit al-Moqaddas-4 (anniversary) bafghfarda.com
12. Before Beit al-Moqaddas-4 (operation) aparat.com
13. Operation Beit al-Moqaddas-4 (Beginning) mobyan.ir
14. Operation Beit ol-Moqaddas 4 daneshnameh.roshd.ir