| Operation Kheibar |
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| Part of Iran–Iraq War, Battle of the Marshes |
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| Date | 14 February – 19 March 1984
(1 month and 5 days) |
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| Location | Lakes of the Hawizah Marshes in Iraq |
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| Result |
Iranian victory
- Iraqi counter-attack failed to materialize (plan aborted)
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Territorial
changes |
Iran captures the Majnoon Island
Iraq loses a sixth of its oil reserves |
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| Belligerents |
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Iraq |
Iran |
| Commanders and leaders |
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Ali Jajali
Mohsen Rezaee
Hossein Kharrazi
Mohammad Ebrahim Hemmat †
Hamid Bakeri † |
| Strength |
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250,000 |
250,000 Pasdaran and Basij |
| Casualties and losses |
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3,000 killed
9,000 wounded
60 tanks lost |
20,000 killed
30,000 wounded
1,000 captured |
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Pre-war incidents
Iraqi invasion of Iran (1980)
Stalemate (1981)
Iranian offensives to free Iranian territory (1981–82)
Iranian offensives in Iraq (1982–84)
Iranian offensives in Iraq (1985–87)
Final stages (1988)
Tanker War
International incidents
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Operation Kheibar was an Iranian offensive in the Iran–Iraq War. It was part of the Battle of the Marshes.