Operation Beit ol-Moqaddas 3

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Operation Beit ol-Moqaddas 3
Part of the Iran–Iraq War
Date 14 March 1988 Location Sulaymaniyah Governorate, Iraq Result Inconclusive Iran claimed to have penetrated 20 km (12 mi) into Iraqi territory
Belligerents
Iran	Iraq
Casualties and losses
Unknown	1,100 casualties (Iranian claim)

Operation Beit ol-Moqaddas 3 (Persian: عملیات بیت المقدس 3) was a military operation during Iran-Iraq War,^[1][2][3] which was launched on 14 March 1988—by Iran—with the code of "Ya Mousa ibn Jafar" (Persian: یاموسی‌بن‌جعفر);^[4] whose goal was to capture the heights of (the north of) Sulaymaniyah, and also in order to respond the Iraqi actions in bombarding of residential areas in the general region of Sulaymaniyah Governorate.^[5] Iranian authorities claimed to have penetrated 20 km (12 mi) into Iraqi territory.^[6]

Iranian newspapers claimed that the command of "Najaf quarters", Ground Forces of the Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution attacked Iraqi forces (by the support of Islamic Republic of Iran Army Aviation) in the depth of 56 km (35 mi) of Iraq land, and stroke Iraqi locations/bases; and possessed the main height of "Goochar" and "Halgan"—at the first hours of the operation.^[7]

Iranian newspapers claimed that at the end of the mentioned operation,^[8][9][10] the casualties of Iraqis were over 1,100 individuals, and more than 80 Iraqi forces were captured by Iran.^[11][12]