Iran (Military Occupation)
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Polity that includes all territories militarly occupied by Iran that are not part of a specific military territory.
Establishment
July 1982: Operation Ramadan.
October 1982: During Operation Muslim ibn Aqil (1-7 October), Iran recovered 150 km2 of disputed territory straddling the international border and reached the outskirts of Mandali before being stopped by Iraq.
Chronology
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Was a war between Iran and Iraq from 1980 to 1988. Hoping to take advantage from the chaos cuased by the Islamic Revolution of 1979 in Iran, Iraqi forces invaded the country in 1980 with the goal of annexing Iran's Khuzestan province. However, by 1982 Iran had regained all the occupied territories and launched an invasion of Iraq. In 1988 Iraq launched a major counteroffensive that finally led to the end of the war with the same pre-war borders.
August 1983: Operation Dawn 2 operation carried out by Iran in 1983 in Haj Omran, a town located in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. The operation was led by Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps to establish military control over the area.
November 1983: Operation Dawn-4 was a military operation carried out by Iran in 1983 in Penjwin, a town in Iraqi Kurdistan. The operation was led by Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps and resulted in the occupation of the territory by Iranian forces.
March 1984: Operation Kheibar.
March 1985: Iranians launched an offensive on March 11 and succeeded in capturing a part of the Baghdad-Basra highway.
March 1985: The Iranians were forced to abandon control of the Baghdad-Basra highway to an Iraqi counter-response.
March 1986: First Battle of al-Faw.
February 1987: east part of Basra Governorate is besieged by Iran.
March 1988: Operation Zafar 7.
March 1988: Operation Dawn 10 was a military operation carried out by Iran in 1988. The operation resulted in the capture of 3 towns and approximately 100 villages in the 1200 square kilometer operational area, including Halabja, Kharmal, Biareh, and Tawileh.
April 1988: Second Battle of al-Faw.
June 1988: Iraq launched the second Tawakal ala Allah operation against the Iranians on Majnoon Island.
November 1988: At the conclusion of the Iran-Iraq War, it took several weeks for the armies to honor pre-war international borders.
Disestablishment
March 1988: Operation Dawn 10 was a military operation carried out by Iran in 1988. The operation resulted in the capture of 3 towns and approximately 100 villages in the 1200 square kilometer operational area, including Halabja, Kharmal, Biareh, and Tawileh.
March 1988: Operation Zafar 7.
April 1988: Second Battle of al-Faw.
June 1988: Iraq launched the second Tawakal ala Allah operation against the Iranians on Majnoon Island.
November 1988: At the conclusion of the Iran-Iraq War, it took several weeks for the armies to honor pre-war international borders.
Selected Sources
Farrokh, K. (2011): Iran at War: 1500-1988, Oxford: Osprey Publishing
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