Operation Nasr 4 Explained

Conflict:	Operation Nasr-4
Partof:	Iran–Iraq War
Date:	May 1987 to early June 1987
Place:	Iraqi Kurdistan
Result:	Iranian and Kurdish victory
Combatant2:	IRGC Peshmerga
Commander1:	Ali Hasan al-Majid
Commander2:	Ali Sayad Shirazi

Operation Nasr-4 (Persian: عملیات نصر ۴) was an Iranian military operation from May to June 1987 which threatened the Iraqi city of Kirkuk during the Iran–Iraq War. The operation took place in February 1987 after Iran's Operation Karbala-5, which was an effort to capture the city of Basra in southern Iraq.^[1]

See also

• Operation Nasr

Notes and References

1. Book: Tucker, Spencer C. . Middle East Conflicts from Ancient Egypt to the 21st Century: An Encyclopedia and Document Collection . 2019 . . 9781440853531 . 569 . Spencer C. Tucker.