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Siege of Abadan
Part of the Iran–Iraq War
The remains of an exploded tank in Abadan, left there as a symbol of the battle.
Date
6 November 1980 – 27 September 1981 (10 months and 3 weeks)
Location
Abadan, Khuzestan province, southwest Iran
Result
Iranian victory
Iraqi siege broken
Belligerents
Iraq
Iran
Commanders and leaders
Saddam Hussein
Ruhollah Khomeini Mostafa Chamran
Units involved
92nd Armored Division
Strength
4,500 men initially 60,000 men at peak[1] 360–800 tanks
6,000–15,000 men 50–60 tanks initially[2]
Casualties and losses
1,500 casualties Hundreds of armored vehicles destroyed[2]
3,000 casualties 170+ tanks destroyed[2]
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Iran–Iraq War
Pre-war incidents
1975 Algiers Agreement
Iranian Revolution
1979 Kurdish rebellion in Iran
1979 Khuzestan insurgency
Iranian Embassy siege
Iraqi invasion of Iran (1980)
Iraqi airstrike
Revenge
Kaman 99
1st Khorramshahr
Scorch Sword
Dezful
Sultan 10
Abadan
Morvarid
Stalemate (1981)
Nasr
H-3
Opera
Iranian offensives to free Iranian territory (1981–82)
Samen-ol-A'emeh
Tariq-ol-Qods
Fath-ol-Mobin
Beit-ol-Moqaddas (2nd Khorramshahr)
Iranian offensives in Iraq (1982–84)
Ramadan (1st Basra)
Moslem Ibn Aqil
Muharram ol-Harram
Before the Dawn
Dawn 1
Dawn 2
Dawn 3
Dawn 4
Dawn 5 (2nd Basra)
Kheibar (3rd Basra)
Kurdish rebellion (1983)
Dawn 6
Dawn 7
Marshes
Iranian offensives in Iraq (1985–87)
Badr (4th Basra)
Dawn 8 (1st al-Faw)
Dawn 9
Karbala 1 (Mehran)
Karbala 2
Karbala 3
Fath 1
Karbala 4 (5th Basra)
Karbala 5 (6th Basra)
Karbala 6
Karbala 7
Karbala 8 (7th Basra)
Karbala 9
Karbala 10
Nasr 4
Final stages (1988)
Beit-ol-Moqaddas 2
Anfal campaign
Beit-ol-Moqaddas 3
Dawn 10
Halabja massacre
Beit-ol-Moqaddas 4
Zafar 7
Tawakalna ala Allah (2nd al-Faw)
Forty Stars
Eternal Light
Mersad
Tanker War
June 5 1984 Skirmish
Earnest Will
Bridgeton incident
Prime Chance
Eager Glacier
Nimble Archer
Praying Mantis
International incidents
1981 Iraqi embassy bombing in Beirut
USS Stark incident
Iran Air Flight 655
The siege of Abadan refers to the encirclement of the city by Iraqi forces beginning in November 1980. The city had already been under almost daily bombardment since the early days of the war, which began the previous September.[3][4]
Abadan Island was the site of the Abadan Refinery, one of the world's largest oil refineries.[5]
^"Abadan Fight Rages". The Washington Post.
^ abcRazoux, Pierre (2015). The Iran-Iraq War. Harvard University Press, 2015. p. 131. ISBN 978-0674915718.
^"IRAN-IRAQ FIGHTING FLARES UP". The New York Times. 28 September 1981.
^Aboul-Enein, Youssef; Bertrand, Andrew; Corley, Dorothy (12 April 2012). "Egyptian Field Marshal Abdul-Halim Abu Ghazalah on the Combat Tactics and Strategy of the Iran–Iraq War". Small Wars Journal. Ghazalah's Phased Analysis of Combat Operations. Small Wars Foundation.
^Kamin., Mohammadi; Elliott, Mark (2004-01-01). Iran. Lonely Planet. ISBN 1740594258. OCLC 56651387.
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