Operation Quds-2 Explained

Conflict:	Operation Quds-2
Partof:	Iran–Iraq War^[1] ^[2] ^[3]
Date:	June 25, 1985
Place:	Hur al-Hawizeh, East of the Tigris River in Iraq^[4] ^[5]
Result:	Breaking the resistance of the Ba'athist forces in Iraq -- by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
Combatant1:	Republic of Iraq
Commander1:	Iraqi Ba'athist Army
Commander2:	Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
Casualties1:	312 killed
Casualties2:	None

Operation Quds-2 (Persian: عملیات قدس-۲) is one of the operations of the Iran–Iraq War, which was launched on July 25, 1985, in the "Hor al-Hawizeh" (Hawizeh Marshes) operational zone by the forces of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (of Islamic Republic of Iran).^{[6] [7] [8] [9]}

The military code of the operation Quds-2 was "Ya Muhammad Rasulullah (PBUH)" and its goal was in order to neutralize the counterattack of the Ba'athist forces of the Iraqi army around the area of "Al-Bayda".^{[10] [11] [12] [13]}

At the operation Quds-2 which was considered as an amphibious military operation, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps killed 312 Iraqi forces, and at the end of the operation liberated 15 square kilometers of the northern zone of Hur al-Hawizeh as well as destroying 30 boats and 15 water police-posts of Ba'athist forces of Saddam.^{[14] [15] [16]}

See also

• Operation Quds-1

Notes and References

1. https://www.irna.ir/news/81213038 Operation Quds 2, ‌ Strengthen the position of Islamic fighters in the southern regions
2. Defa Press, Operation Quds 2, Retrieved 21 February 2021
3. https://www.isna.ir/news/96032815637/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%B1%D8%B3%DB%8C-%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%84%D9%87-%D8%B9%D9%85%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D9%85%D8%AD%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%AF-%D9%82%D8%AF%D8%B3-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%AF%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B9-%D9%85%D9%82%D8%AF%D8%B3 Investigation of the series of Quds operations in the holy defense (Operation Quds 2)
4. https://www.ibna.ir/fa/report/323232 Operation Quds-2
5. http://www.aviny.com/Occasion/enghelab_jang/defaemoghaddas/93/amaliat/zamini/ghods-2/ghods.aspx?%D8%B9%D9%85%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D9%82%D8%AF%D8%B3-2 Operation Quds-2
6. https://khouzestan.iqna.ir/fa/news/1794742/%DA%86%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%85-%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%87-%D8%A2%D8%BA%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D8%B9%D9%85%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D9%82%D8%AF%D8%B3-2 Fourth of July; Start of Operation Quds 2
7. https://www.imna.ir/news/13614/%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%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D9%82%D8%AF%D8%B3-2-%D8%AA%D8%AD%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%85-%D9%85%D9%88%D9%82%D8%B9%D9%8A%D8%AA-%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%87%D8%A7-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D9%85%D9%86%D8%B7%D9%82%D9%87-%D9%8A Anniversary of the beginning of Operation Quds ؛2; Strengthening the position of the forces in the southern part of the war
8. https://basijnews.ir/fa/news/9150581/%D8%AA%D8%AD%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%85%E2%80%8C-%D9%85%D9%88%D9%82%D8%B9%D9%8A%D8%AA%E2%80%8C-%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%87%D8%A7-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D9%85%D9%86%D8%B7%D9%82%D9%87%E2%80%8C-%D8%AC%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A8%DB%8C%E2%80%8C-%D8%AC%D9%86%DA%AF%E2%80%8C-%D8%A8%D8%A7-%D8%A7%D8%AC%D8%B1%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D8%B9%D9%85%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D9%82%D8%AF%D8%B3-2 Strengthening the position of the forces in the southern region, fighting with the implementation of Operation Quds 2
9. http://www.aviny.com/Occasion/enghelab_jang/defaemoghaddas/93/amaliat/zamini/ghods-2/ghods.aspx?%D8%B9%D9%85%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D9%82%D8%AF%D8%B3-2 Operation Quds-2
10. https://rasekhoon.net/media/show/361053/%D8%B9%D9%85%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%AA%20%D9%82%D8%AF%D8%B3%202/ Quds-2 (operation)
11. https://article.tebyan.net/385655/%D8%B9%D9%85%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D9%82%D8%AF%D8%B3-2 Operation Quds 2
12. https://defapress.ir/fa/news/668/%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D8%B3%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%87-%D9%BE%D8%A7%D8%AA%DA%A9-%D8%AF%D8%B4%D9%85%D9%86-%D8%B1%D8%A7-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%DB%8C%DA%A9-%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B2-%D8%AE%D9%86%D8%AB%DB%8C-%DA%A9%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%86%D8%AF On the occasion of the anniversary of Operation Quds 2; IRGC forces neutralized the enemy patrol in one day
13. https://mashhad.navideshahed.com/fa/news/431380/%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%82%D8%AF%D8%B3-%DB%B2-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D9%85%D9%86%D8%B7%D9%82%D9%87-%D9%87%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%87%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%B2%D9%87 Anniversary of the beginning of Operation Quds 2 in the Hur al-Hawizeh area
14. https://www.irna.ir/news/81213038/%D8%B9%D9%85%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%AA-171-%D9%82%D8%AF%D8%B3-2-187-%D8%AA%D8%AD%D9%83%DB%8C%D9%85-%D9%85%D9%88%D9%82%D8%B9%DB%8C%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-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D9%85%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B7%D9%82 Operation Quds 2, ‌ Strengthen the position of Islamic fighters in the southern regions
15. Defa Press, Operation Quds 2, Retrieved 21 February 2021
16. https://www.isna.ir/news/96032815637/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%B1%D8%B3%DB%8C-%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%84%D9%87-%D8%B9%D9%85%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D9%85%D8%AD%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%AF-%D9%82%D8%AF%D8%B3-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%AF%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B9-%D9%85%D9%82%D8%AF%D8%B3 Investigation of the series of Quds operations in the holy defense (Operation Quds 2)