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On 31 July, Iran drove MEK forces out of Qasr-e-Shirin and Sarpol Zahab, though the MEK claimed to have "voluntarily withdrawn" from the towns. Iran estimated that 4,500 Mujahedeen soldiers were killed, while 400 Iranian soldiers died. Many senior MEK commanders were killed, and many MEK militants
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as well as along the central portion of the border within Iran, and was contemplating on accepting the ceasefire. The MEK-Iraqi operation Eternal Light would occur on 26 July 1988, six days after Ayatollah Khomeini had officially announced his acceptance of the UN brokered ceasefire resolution.
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so as to exchange Iraqi POWs in Iran. However, Dilip Hiro finds this explanation unconvincing. Instead Hiro argues Saddam wanted to impress Iraq's military superiority and wanted to end the Iran-Iraq war not in a stalemate but instead an Iraqi victory.
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The last notable combat actions of the war took place on 3 August 1988, in the Persian Gulf when the Iranian navy fired on a freighter and Iraq launched chemical attacks on Iranian civilians, killing an unknown number of them and wounding 2,300.
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was the Iranian commander responsible for the coordination between the Revolutionary Guard and the Iranian army, that was responsible for the success of Operation Mersad. In April 1999, an MEK operative posing as a roadsweeper
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The MEK advance had been abruptly and completely halted. The Iranian army and Revolutionary Guard then moved north from Khuzestan, encircling and suppressing the remaining resistance in the city of
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The MEK met scant resistance from the limited numbers of Revolutionary Guards, which were promptly defeated, pushing 145 km (90 mi) deep into Iran towards the provincial capital city of
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The attack agreed upon by the Iraqi leadership would be a two pronged assault. One portion of the MEK force would attack Iranian forces in northern Iraq, an area that was still in Iranian and
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On 26 July 1988, the MEK, with the support of the Iraqi military, started Operation Forough Javidan (Eternal Light) in central Iran. In the face of Iraqi chemical attacks, Iran had evacuated
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Resolution 598 came into effect on 8 August 1988, ending all combat operations between the two countries. By 20 August 1988, peace with Iran was restored. UN peacekeepers belonging to the
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and other opposition groups. The estimates for number of executions vary from as little as 1,400 to as high as 12,000. The most likely number was given by dissident
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The corpses of killed MEK members were not collected and were left on the battlefield. Operation Mersad was the last land battle of the Iran–Iraq War.
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mission took the field, remaining on the Iran–Iraq border until 1991. While the war was now over, Iraq spent the rest of August and early September
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hands. When the Iranian troops moved to fight off the MEK attack in northern Iraq, the opposition Iranian militant group
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Saddam's official explanation for launching Operation Eternal Light was that he wanted to capture more Iranian
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The Iranian successes during Operation Mersad were partially because of effective coordination between the
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As the Iraqi airforce did not venture beyond Islamabad-e Gharb, Iranian airforce attacked the MEK forces.
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helicopters using anti-tank missiles. Most enemy armour was destroyed, in a miniature version of the
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harbored the hope that the attack would lead to a general uprising against the Islamic government of
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and other disputed territories along the border (3000sq.km) remain under unilateral Iraqi control
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Military operations of the Iran–Iraq War involving the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran
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across the country for treason, mainly members of the MEK, but also members of the
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sajed.ir in English – The Official site of Holy Defence – Iraq-Iran War 1980–88
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bombed Mujahedeen convoys on the Kermanshah highway, followed by
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Military operations of the Iran–Iraq War involving the Peshmerga
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when both parties signed a formal peace agreement, after which
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The MEK's next target was the provincial capital city of
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Burned-out vehicles in the aftermath of Operation Mersad
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Iranian offensives to free Iranian territory (1981–82)
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At least in part as a response to the invasion, Iran
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Iran–Iraq War

Kermanshah Province
Mojahadeen-e-Khalq
1988 executions of Iranian political prisoners
Status quo ante bellum
Shatt al-Arab
until 16 August 1990
Iraq
Iran
1975 Algiers Agreement

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