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

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]

Locality

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