Operation Zafar 7

Operation Zafar 7
Part of Iran–Iraq War

Map of Iraq
DateMid-March 1988
Location
Southeast of Sulaymaniyah, Iraqi Kurdistan
Result

Limited Iranian and Kurdish victory

  • Tactical Iranian victory (Iran fails its main objective, only reaches the outskirts of the city)
  • Iraqi forward defenses fails
  • Iraqi counter-attack fails
  • Successful Iraqi aerial and artillery strikes contains the Iranian offensive
  • Halabja chemical attack
Territorial
changes
Iran reaches outskirts of Sulaymaniyah and the Darbandikhan reservoir but fails to capture it.
Belligerents
Ba'athist Iraq Iraq  Iran
Kurdistan Region Peshmerga
Commanders and leaders
Ba'athist Iraq Saddam Hussein
Ba'athist Iraq Ali Hasan al-Majid
Iran Ruhollah Khomeini
Iran Hossein Hassani Sa'di
Kurdistan Region Nawshirwan Mustafa

Operation Zafar 7 (Persian: عملیات ظفر ۷) was an Iranian offensive during the Iran–Iraq War. The Iranian military operation was successfully led by Lieutenant General Hossein Hassani Sa'di where Iran won the battle and also repelled the ensuing Iraqi Counterattack. However, Iran faced technical setbacks with massive economic and military sanctions in place against the country. As a result of those setbacks, Iran was unable to reach its objective of capturing Sulaymaniyah.