Operation Karbala-7

Operation Karbala-7 (Arabic: عملیات كربلاء ۷ ,Persian: عملیات کربلای ۷) was a successful Iranian offensive in Haj Omran during the Iran–Iraq War to prevent Iraq from rapidly transferring units to its defense lines at Basra after Iran had launched Operation Karbala-5 to capture the city of Basra.[1][2]

Operation Karbala-7
Part of the Iran–Iraq War
Date4–8 March 1987
Location
Result Iranian victory
Territorial
changes
Iran captures strategic Haj Omran highlands
Belligerents
 Iraq  Iran
Commanders and leaders
 Iran Ghandafar Azharfer

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