Operation Beit ol-Moqaddas 2


Operation Beit ol-Moqaddas-2 was an offensive in the Iran–Iraq War that was started by Iran with the code of Ya-Zahra by the command of Sepah in Qomish-Sulaymaniyah axis on January 15, 1988. During and at the end of this operation, Iran succeeded as the decisive winner of that.

Aftermath

The operation which was started in cold days in winter in order to capture the highlands of the west of Maoot city in Iraq, led to the capture of more than 40 hill peaks as well as several villages in region, including Oral, Golalah, Harmadan, Bein-Dora, Sheikh-Muhammad and Yulan. There doesn’t seem to be any mentioned statistics about the casualties of Iranians, but there were high casualties and losses for Iraqis, including 5400 killed, wounded, captured.