Operation Samen-ol-A'emeh

Operation Samen-ol-A'emeh
Part of Iran–Iraq War, Siege of Abadan

Iranian soldiers participating the Operation Samen-ol-A'emeh
Date27–29 September 1981
(2 days)
Location
Abadan, Khuzestan province, southwest Iran
Result

Iranian victory

  • Iraqi siege of Abadan is broken
Belligerents
 Iraq  Iran
Commanders and leaders
Ba'athist Iraq Saddam Hussein
Ba'athist Iraq Gen. Juwad Shitnah		 Iran Ruhollah Khomeini
Units involved

Abuzar Brigade

77th Infantry Division of Khorasan
36th Armoured Brigade of Shiraz
Navy's Takavar Battalion
Separate brigades from IRGC
Local volunteers
IRIAA
IRIAF
Strength
50,000–60,000 troops
numerous armoured vehicles
200 artillery pieces		 15,000 troops (inside Abadan)
20,000–30,000 troops outside
Casualties and losses
3,000 killed
1,656 captured
90 tanks/APCs destroyed
100 vehicles destroyed
3 aircraft destroyed
1 helicopter destroyed
100 tanks, 40 APCs, 3 loaders, 150 vehicles captured[1]		 3,000 killed
150 tanks destroyed
9 AH-1J destroyed
2 CH-47 destroyed
3 Bell-214 destroyed

Operation Samen-ol-A'emeh (Persian: عملیات ثامن‌الائمه "Operation Eighth Imam") was an Iranian offensive and operation in the Iran–Iraq War between 27[2]–29[3]: 74  September 1981[4] where Iran broke the Iraqi Siege of Abadan.[5] The operation was carried out by the Iranian army joined by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.[6]

Operation map
  1. ^ "Operation Samen-ol-A'emeh". Tebyan. 27 September 2004. Retrieved 27 September 2004.
  2. ^ Tabaar, Mohammad Ayatollahi (2018-05-08). Religious Statecraft: The Politics of Islam in Iran. Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-54506-8.
  3. ^ Ostovar, Afshon (2016). Vanguard of the Imam: Religion, Politics, and Iran's Revolutionary Guards. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-938789-2.
  4. ^ Iran Yearbook. Moini-Biontino Verlag. 1988. ISBN 978-3-927073-00-5. The next counter - offensive called the Samen al - A'emeh ( The Eighth Imam ) led to lifting the siege of Abadan on 27 September 1981 being followed a little while later, on 29 November 1981, by the Tariq ul - Qods ( Path of Jerusalem )...
  5. ^ Hanizadeh, Hassan (23 May 2009). "Khorramshahr: From occupation to liberation". Mehrnews. Retrieved 23 May 2009. This military operation broke the one-year siege of Abadan and the eastern part of the Karoun River.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference :1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).