Operation Samen-ol-A'emeh

Operation Samen-ol-A'emeh
	Part of Iran–Iraq War, Siege of Abadan
	; Iranian soldiers participating the Operation Samen-ol-A'emeh
Date	27–29 September 1981; (2 days)
Location	Abadan, Khuzestan province, southwest Iran
Result	Iranian victory Iraqi siege of Abadan is broken;
Belligerents
Iraq	Iran
Commanders and leaders
Saddam Hussein; Gen. Juwad Shitnah	Ruhollah Khomeini
Units involved
	Abuzar Brigade 77th Infantry Division of Khorasan; 36th Armoured Brigade of Shiraz; Navy's Takavar Battalion; Separate brigades from IRGC; Local volunteers; IRIAA; IRIAF
Strength
50,000–60,000 troops; numerous armoured vehicles; 200 artillery pieces	15,000 troops (inside Abadan); 20,000–30,000 troops outside
Casualties and losses
3,000 killed; 1,656 captured; 90 tanks/APCs destroyed; 100 vehicles destroyed; 3 aircraft destroyed; 1 helicopter destroyed; 100 tanks, 40 APCs, 3 loaders, 150 vehicles captured	3,000 killed; 150 tanks destroyed; 9 AH-1J destroyed; 2 CH-47 destroyed; 3 Bell-214 destroyed

Operation Samen-ol-A'emeh (Persian: عملیات ثامن‌الائمه "Operation Eighth Imam") was an Iranian offensive and operation in the Iran–Iraq War between 27^[2]–29^[3]^: 74 September 1981^[4] where Iran broke the Iraqi Siege of Abadan.^[5] The operation was carried out by the Iranian army joined by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.^[6]

^ "Operation Samen-ol-A'emeh". Tebyan. 27 September 2004. Retrieved 27 September 2004.
^ Tabaar, Mohammad Ayatollahi (2018-05-08). Religious Statecraft: The Politics of Islam in Iran. Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-54506-8.
^ Ostovar, Afshon (2016). Vanguard of the Imam: Religion, Politics, and Iran's Revolutionary Guards. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-938789-2.
^ Iran Yearbook. Moini-Biontino Verlag. 1988. ISBN 978-3-927073-00-5. The next counter - offensive called the Samen al - A'emeh ( The Eighth Imam ) led to lifting the siege of Abadan on 27 September 1981 being followed a little while later, on 29 November 1981, by the Tariq ul - Qods ( Path of Jerusalem )...
^ Hanizadeh, Hassan (23 May 2009). "Khorramshahr: From occupation to liberation". Mehrnews. Retrieved 23 May 2009. This military operation broke the one-year siege of Abadan and the eastern part of the Karoun River.
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