📅 20 Oktober 1980
The Iranian effort to stop Iraqi forces around Dezful failed to produce a decisive reversal. The fighting exposed the cost of launching armor without adequate coordination and left Iran dependent on a...
📅 10 Oktober 1982
The offensive near Mandali failed to achieve a breakthrough. Iran’s continued attacks inside Iraq raised the human and material costs of the war and did not trigger the expected popular uprising...
📅 17 April 1983
The April offensive ended without a decisive breakthrough. Repeated Iranian ground assaults and Iraq’s defensive system produced a prolonged war of attrition, with neither side able to convert...
📅 9 Augustus 1983
The operation concluded without a major breakthrough. Iran’s offensives in 1983 incurred significant losses, while Iraq retained enough force to defend key approaches and continue attacks on Iranian...
📅 25 Oktober 1984
The operation produced limited results on the central front. The broader war remained unresolved, and Iranian exports and shipping continued to face attacks as both governments sought to impose...
📅 6 Januari 1986
Iraqi forces launched an attack on the contested islands captured in part by Iran in 1984. Control of Majnoon mattered for access to the southern front and the marshlands; the fighting demonstrated...
📅 10 Januari 1986
The assault concluded after several days of fighting. The contested position remained central to subsequent operations, while Iran prepared a major southern offensive toward al-Faw that would become...
