Pars Today

If you remember we said that after Ramazan Operation, two small-scale operations were launched, namely, Moslem ibn Aqil and Muharram. These two operations yielded many successes and showed that the Islamic Republic of Iran still has an upper hand in the battlefield.

If you remember, we discussed the reactions of the Ba'athist regime of Saddam towards Moslem ibn Aqil Operation as the first small-scale operation after a number of major operations in the southwest of Iran.

After Operation Ramadan in the second year of the imposed war, the Islamic Republic of Iran came to the conclusion that as the Ba'athist army has changed its defence tactics, Iran also needed to create some changes in its tactics and defence lines to thwart the enemy's scheme and remove the pressure of the Iraqi army.

In the previous episode, we talked about the achievements of Operation Ramadan, the first operation outside the borders of the Islamic Republic of Iran after the great Bayt-ul Moqaddas Operation which led to the liberation of Khorramshahr.

As a reminder, we talked about the first operation launched by the Islamic Republic outside the borders. Dubbed as Ramadan this operation was launched after the liberation of Khorramshahr.

In the previous programs, we discussed the reasons of continuation of war after the victorious operation of Bayt ul-Moqaddas and the heroic liberation of Khorramshahr. The Islamic Republic of Iran’s policy after the liberation of Khorramshahr was continuation of defense against aggression for achieving a lasting peace and punishment of the aggressor.

The events in the aftermath of liberation of Khorramshahr were discussed in the previous episode. The unmatched success of the great Bayt ul-Moqaddas operation and liberation of Khorramshahr was the biggest turning point in the 8-year holy defense. At that juncture, the easiest analysis was that the Islamic Republic would seek the end of the war and a lasting peace.

Four major operations within 9 months in the second year of the imposed war changed the military-political equation in favor of Iran. The liberation of Khorramshahr and Iran’s political-military superiority was so crushing to the enemy that it could be translated into the end of war. But the Great Satan (the US) and other criminal supporters of Saddam spared no effort to preserve the Iraqi regime and pressure the Islamic Republic of Iran.

During the eight months of the second year of the US-imposed war through Saddam, four operations were carried out the greatest of which was Bayt ul-Moqaddas in terms of the area of operation and the number of forces involved. The operation inflicted a major blow on the Ba'athist enemy and changed all the equations and shattered all dreams of the Iraqi military.

In the previous program we talked about the achievements and consequences of the great Bayt ul-Moqaddas operation. The operation was launched with the aim of liberating the regions which had been under Iraqi occupation since September 1980, especially the strategic port of Khorramshahr. With the completion of Bayt ul-Moqaddas operation and liberation of Khorramshahr almost all of the regions in the southwest of Iran were liberated. The operation changed the general nature of Iran-Iraq war.