[Gallery] Iran - Iraq war

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Khorramshahr POWs crop

 

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Iraqi pws

 

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Taken by photographer : Davood Aghaei

 

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Iraqis

 

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Iraqi soldiers dead

 

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Operation Mersad


Date : 26 - 30 July 1988

Location : Western borders of Iran

Result :

Strategic Iranian victory
Iranian victory in the northern sector
Iraqi victory in the central sector
Stalemate in the southern sector
Iraqi invasion of Iran fails
Defeat of the Mujahadeen-e-Khalq (MEK) and destruction of their army
Execution of 30,000+ prisoners

Belligerents :

Mujahadeen-e-Khalq (MEK) (NLA)
Iraq


Iran
Peshmerga (only in the northern sector)


Commanders and leaders :

Massoud Rajavi


Ali Sayad Shirazi


Casualties and losses :

4,500 KIA (Iranian claim)
2,000 KIA (independent estimate)
1,400-30,000 executed


400 KIA (Iranian claim)



Operation Mersad was the name given by the Iranian government, taken from the Persian word meaning 'ambush' was the last major military operation of the war, ending in a decisive victory for Iran. The operation involved a successful counterattack against a July 1988 military incursion from Iraq, by the the bulk of the Iraqi army in the south west and by a military force of about 7000 members of the Mujahadeen-e-Khalq (MEK). The MEK soldiers were armed and equipped and given air support by Iraq and other foreign states. Led by the brilliant military figure, Lt. General Ali Sayad Shirazi, Operation Mersad began on 26 July 1988 and lasted only a few days, where the Iranian Armed Forces crushed the Iraqi Army in what was the last military operation of any significance of the Iran-Iraq War.

Both Iran and Iraq had accepted Resolution 598 on 20 July 1988. However, shortly thereafter Iraq decided to launch a new attack and wished to permanently occupy Khuzestan and western Iran, as well as to reach its goals from the beginning of the war. The Iraqi army attacked Khuzestan province, beginning with chemical weapons and air strikes, and once again pushed towards Khorramshahr. However, Iran had anticipated the attack, and used their remaining air force in conjunction with surface-to-air missiles to defeat the larger Iraqi air force. The Iranian forces then took the offensive on 25 July 1988 and re-obtained 600 square kilometres (230 sq mi) of Iraqi territory.

Prelude

After almost eight years of bloody warfare, the Iran Iraq War was coming to an end under the United Nations Security Council Resolution 598, which was passed 20 July 1987. It is thought Iraq supported the attack to pressure Iran into a more favorable settlement. The Mujahedeen under their leader Massoud Rajavi harbored the unrealistic hope that the attack would lead to a general uprising against the Islamic government of Ayatollah Khomeini. Rajavi would lead the Mujahedeen with Iraqi support in an attack on the western borders of Iran .


Events :

Under the codename Foroughe Javidan (Eternal Shining), the Mujahadeen-e-Khalq (MEK) started their ten day operation after the Iranian government accepted UN Resolution 598. While Iraqi forces attacked Khuzestan, the Mujahedin attacked western Iran and battled the Pasdaran for Kermanshah. Close air support from the Iraqis contributed heavily to the small gains the Mojahedin made into Iran, including the seizing and razing to the ground the small Iranian city of Islamabad-e Gharb.

However, under heavy international pressure for ending the war, Saddam Hussein withdrew his fighter aircraft. Without any air cover, the Mujahedeen could not stop Iranian airborne forces from being dropped behind Mujahadeen-e-Khalq (MEK) lines. The operation ended in a Bay of Pigs invasion-like disaster for the Mujahedeen. Casualties ranged from 2,000 to 10,000. Tehran claims to have killed 4,500 NLA and Iraqi troops during the operation, while insisting that 400 Iranian soldiers were killed .

Mujahadeen-e-Khalq Flag

Massoud Rajavi

Massoud Rajavi and Saddam Hussein

Martyr Ali Sayyad Shirazi

 

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These people were the ones killed thousands of Iranian Citizens in the streets and in front of their families , They killed most of the revolution leaders too .

 

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This group was in the Terrorist groups list but The US omitted them from the list recently .

Their previous base in Iraq

 

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These people were the ones killed thousands of Iranian Citizens in the streets and in front of their families , They killed most of the revolution leaders too .

They didn't killed thousands of citizens. Yes, they killed revolution leaders, but it was a revolution and both sides were targeting each other. If you want to see who really killed activists, here, IRGC killing Kurds who were fighting for autonomy:

This whole bullshit about MEK is propaganda by the regime. I don't like that old marxist organization, but it was just a power struggle between both camps. Nothing more, nothing less. Yes, MEK sided with Saddam, and yes, they attacked the Basijs during the Iran-Iraq war, but it was a bloody revolution.

 

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I'm gonna post the pictures that might be agonizing but they're the truth that some people might need to know before judging Iran and posting any opinion here .


Chemical warfare

Chemical warfare (CW) involves using the toxic properties of chemical substances as weapons. This type of warfare is distinct from Nuclear warfare and Biological warfare, which together make up NBC, the military acronym for Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical (warfare or weapons), all of which are considered "weapons of mass destruction" (WMD). None of these fall under the term conventional weapons which are primarily effective due to their destructive potential. Chemical warfare does not depend upon explosive force to achieve an objective. Rather it depends upon the unique properties of the chemical agent weaponized. A lethal agent is designed to injure or incapacitate the enemy, or deny unhindered use of a particular area of terrain. Defoliants are used to quickly kill vegetation and deny its use for cover and concealment. It can also be used against agriculture and livestock to promote hunger and starvation. With proper protective equipment, training, and decontamination measures, the primary effects of chemical weapons can be overcome. Many nations possess vast stockpiles of weaponized agents in preparation for wartime use. The threat and the perceived threat have become strategic tools in planning both measures, and counter–measures.


Chemical weapons in Iran–Iraq War

The Iran–Iraq War began in 1980 when Iraq attacked Iran. Early in the conflict, Iraq began to employ mustard gas and tabun delivered by bombs dropped from airplanes; approximately 5% of all Iranian casualties are directly attributable to the use of these agents.[citation needed]

Chemical weapons employed by Saddam Hussein killed and injured numerous Iranians, and possibly Iraqis. According to Iraqi documents, assistance in developing chemical weapons was obtained from firms in many countries, including the United States, West Germany, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and France.[55]

About 100,000 Iranian soldiers were victims of Iraq's chemical attacks. Many were hit by mustard gas. The official estimate does not include the civilian population contaminated in bordering towns or the children and relatives of veterans, many of whom have developed blood, lung and skin complications, according to the Organization for Veterans. Nerve gas agents killed about 20,000 Iranian soldiers immediately, according to official reports. Of the 80,000 survivors, some 5,000 seek medical treatment regularly and about 1,000 are still hospitalized with severe, chronic conditions

Shortly before war ended in 1988, the Iraqi Kurdish village of Halabja was exposed to multiple chemical agents, killing about 5,000 of the town's 50,000 residents.[59]

During the Gulf War in 1991, Coalition forces began a ground war in Iraq. Despite the fact that they did possess chemical weapons, Iraq did not use any chemical agents against coalition forces. The commander of the Allied Forces, Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf, suggested this may have been due to Iraqi fear of retaliation with nuclear weapons

The country delivered Chemical Weapons to Iraq was Germany .

Monument of the victims of chemical weapons in front of German embassy in Tehran

 

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Now lets take a look on Western and American Civilization and their favors .

Chemical weapons Halabja Iraq March 1988