Operation Karbala-2
1986 Iranian military operation in the Iran–Iraq War
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Operation Karbala-2 (Persian: عملیات کربلای 2) was an Iranian operation during Iran–Iraq War[1][11][12][13] which was launched on 1 September 1986[14][15] in Haji Omeran area in Iraq[16] with the command/participation of a brigade from Seyyed-al-Shohada corp-4 (of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps). As a result of the operation which was commenced by the code of "Ya Aba Abdellah al-Hussain (a.s.)", a part of "Haj-Omeran" road and some altitudes became occupied by Iranian forces.[15]
Iranian victory
- Iranian captured several altitudes, including "1600, 1700, 1800, 2000, 2200, 2435" and a part of "Haji-Omran-Darbande Chuman Mostafa" and "GardKu" road[1]
| Operation Karbala-2 | |||||||
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| Part of the Iran–Iraq War | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Iraq |
 Iran | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
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Brigades 98, 604, 807 Abu-Obaideh commando foot battalion Commando battalion under the command of corps-23 (foot brigades 438/91) |
Komeil battalion Meitham battalion Hamzeh battalion Imam Hussein battalion Adawat (implements) battalion ToopKhane (Artillery) battalion | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Unknown | 3,000 killed/wounded, 200 captured[1] | ||||||
At the operation Karbala-2[17][18][19] which was almost near the end of the 4th year of the war, there were other (Iranian) corps which participated in the operation in addition to Seyyed-al-Shohada corp-4, including:[15]
Badr brigade-9, Qaem-12, Imam Reza-21, Quds-105 and Shuhada-155; which was done totally by the participation of 28 battalions from Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.[15]
Iran at the end of this operation, Iranian forces captured the altitudes of "1600, 1700, 1800, 2000, 2200, 2435" and also a part of "Haj-Omran-Darbande Chuman Mostafa" and "GardKu" road[15] in Iraq.[20]