Operation Commander-in-Chief explained

Conflict:	Operation Commander-in-Chief
Partof:	Iran–Iraq War
Date:	11–15 June 1981
Place:	Abadan, Darkhoveyn
Result:	Iranian victory
Commander1:	Saddam Hussein
Commander2:	Ruhollah Khomeini Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
Casualties1:	1496 killed
Casualties2:	120 killed

Operation Commander-in-Chief (Persian: عملیات فرمانده کل قوا), (complete name: "Commander-in-Chief, Khomeini Ruhe-Khoda"), is the name of a military operation which was launched during Iran–Iraq War on 11 June 1981 by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps against Iraqi Ba'athist army. The operation was carried out with the purpose of opening the siege of Abadan and also as a test for the significant operation of Samen-ol-A'emeh.^{[1] [2] [3]}

At this operation^{[4] [5] [6] [7]} which was with an advance of 3 kilometers in the favor of Iranian forces, the powerful and significant positions of the Iraqi Ba'athist army in the area were (re)captured by IRGC and at-least 32 tanks and personnel carriers were annihilated and 1496 Iraqi forces were killed, wounded and captured; on the other hand 120 forces from IRGC were killed.^{[1] [8] [9] [10]}

See also

• Operation Samen-ol-A'emeh
• 14th Imam Hossein Division

Notes and References

1. https://defapress.ir/fa/news/243173/%D8%B9%D9%85%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%87%E2%80%8C-%DA%A9%D9%84%E2%80%8C-%D9%82%D9%88%D8%A7-%D8%AE%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%86%DB%8C%E2%80%8C-%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AD%E2%80%8C-%D8%AE%D8%AF%D8%A7-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%DB%8C%DA%A9-%D9%86%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%87 Operation "Commander-in-Chief" at a glance
2. https://www.isna.ir/news/99032113078/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B2-%D8%A2%D8%BA%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D8%B9%D9%85%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%87-%DA%A9%D9%84-%D9%82%D9%88%D8%A7-%D8%AE%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%86%DB%8C-%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AD-%D8%AE%D8%AF%D8%A7 Anniversary of the beginning of Operation "Commander-in-Chief
3. https://rasekhoon.net/calender/show/553230 Operation of the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces in the Darkhovin area east of the Karun River by the IRGC
4. http://www.aviny.com/Occasion/enghelab_jang/defaemoghaddas/87/Amaliatha/Koleghova/koleghova.aspx Operation "Commander-in-Chief"; The ground for the broken structure of the siege of Abadan
5. https://www.yjc.ir/fa/news/6560727/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AC%D8%B1%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D8%AA%D8%BA%DB%8C%DB%8C%D8%B1-%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85-%D8%AF%D9%82%DB%8C%D9%82%D9%87-%D9%86%D9%88%D8%AF%DB%8C-%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%86-%D8%B9%D9%85%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%AC%D9%86%DA%AF%DB%8C-%D8%A8%D8%B9%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D8%B9%D8%B2%D9%84-%D8%A8%D9%86%DB%8C-%D8%B5%D8%AF%D8%B1-%DA%86%D9%87-%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%AF Operation "Commander-in-Chief"
6. https://www.tasnimnews.com/fa/news/1399/03/21/2282792/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B2%D8%AE%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C-%D9%86%D8%AE%D8%B3%D8%AA%DB%8C%D9%86-%D8%B9%D9%85%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%B1%D8%B2%D9%85%D9%86%D8%AF%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85-%D9%BE%D8%B3-%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D8%B9%D8%B2%D9%84-%D8%A8%D9%86%DB%8C-%D8%B5%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%B7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%85-%D9%85%D8%AD%D8%A7%D8%B5%D8%B1%D9%87-%D8%A2%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86-%DA%86%DA%AF%D9%88%D9%86%D9%87-%D8%B4%DA%A9%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%87-%D8%B4%D8%AF-%D9%81%DB%8C%D9%84%D9%85 Operation "Commander-in-Chief"
7. https://www.magiran.com/article/2755178 Operation Commander-in-Chief in the Darkhovin region
8. https://www.jamaran.news/%D8%A8%D8%AE%D8%B4-%D8%A7%D8%AE%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1-12/15632-%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%86-%D8%B9%D9%85%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85-%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%87-%DA%A9%D9%84-%D9%82%D9%88%D8%A7-%D8%AE%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%86%DB%8C-%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AD-%D8%AE%D8%AF%D8%A7-%D8%B4%DA%A9%D9%84-%DA%AF%D8%B1%D9%81%D8%AA The first operation was called the Commander-in-Chief
9. https://www.iranhdm.ir/showEvent?id=2214 Operation of the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces on the Darkhovin Front
10. https://snn.ir/fa/news/770083 Anniversary of Operation Commander-in-Chief