| Liberation of Bostan (codenamed Operation Tariq al-Quds) | |||||||||
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| Part of Iran–Iraq War[1][2] | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
 Iraq |
 Iran | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Saddam Hussein (President of Iraq) |
Hossein Kharrazi Mohammad Boroujerdi Gholam Ali Rashid Massoud Monfared Niyaki | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| Unknown |
≈20,000 60 tanks[10] | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
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1,500–2,500 killed[10] |
2,500–6,000 killed[10] Dozens of armored vehicles Several AH-1J Cobra helicopters | ||||||||
The Liberation of Bostan, that codenamed Operation Tariq al-Quds (Persian: عملیات طریق القدس, meaning "Operation Path to Jerusalem") was a military operation launched by Iran during the Iran–Iraq War to free Bostan in the Khuzestan province. It was fought from 29 November to 7 December 1981[12]: 122 and was carried out jointly by the Iranian Army and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
The operation resulted in the liberation of Bostan and 70 villages. The news of Bostan's liberation was the first such news released during the war. It was labeled by Ayatollah Khomeini, Iran's leader at the time, as "the victory of victories".[13]: 175
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- ^ a b c Razoux, Pierre (2015). The Iran-Iraq War. Harvard University Press, 2015. p. 184,186. ISBN 978-0674915718.
- ^ "Tariq al-Qods operation; The password to the liberation of Bostan" (in Persian). IRNA. 29 November 2015. Archived from the original on 10 September 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
- ^ Samuel, Annie Tracy (2021-10-21). The Unfinished History of the Iran-Iraq War: Faith, Firepower, and Iran's Revolutionary Guards. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-108-47842-7. Archived from the original on 2022-09-10. Retrieved 2022-08-07.
- ^ Murray, Williamson; Woods, Kevin M. (2014-09-04). The Iran-Iraq War: A Military and Strategic History. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-107-06229-0. Archived from the original on 2020-07-10. Retrieved 2022-08-14.