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Operation Dawn 7

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Operation Dawn 7
Date18–22 October 1984[1]
(5 days)
Location
Result Inconclusive
Belligerents
Iran Iraq Iraq
Child soldiers on Iranian front (top left); Iranian soldier wearing a gas mask (top right); Port quarter view of USS Stark listing to port after being mistakenly struck by an Iraqi warplane (middle left); PMOI forces killed in Operation Mersad (middle right); Iraqi prisoners of war after the re-capture of Khorramshahr by Iranians (below left); ZU-23-2 being used by the Iranian Army (below right).

Operation Dawn 7 (Operation Walfajr-7; Persian: عملیات والفجر 7) was an offensive launched by Iran during Iran–Iraq War. It was aborted after just a few days of fighting[2] due to the specific conditions of the region/war,[3] such as: releasing water at the region by the Iraqi forces, etc.[4]

The (military) code of the operation was "Ya Zahra" (یازهرا); and the considered operational areas were consisted of Chazabeh which was located in the distance of 110 km to the north west of Ahwaz and Chilat (Dehloran).[5] (At the area of Zeid and Kooshk, where was located at the geographical location of --the north of-- Hosseinieh station.)[6][7]

The operation, which had originally been planned to take place after Operation Operation Dawn-6, was ultimately completed before it even began, due to the specific circumstances of the operation.[8][9][10][11] After Operation Dawn-7, the campaign proceeded to the next phase with Operation Dawn-8 (Operation Walfajr-8), which was launched on 9 February 1986 on the southern front in the Abadan (Faw) region.[12]

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References

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  1. Razoux, Pierre (2015). The Iran-Iraq War. Harvard University Press, 2015. p. 269. ISBN 978-0674915718.
  2. Undone operation Walfajr-7 mashreghnews.ir
  3. Walfar-7 (Operation Dawn-7) tebyan.net Retrieved 27 May 2020
  4. Operation Walfajr-7 (Dawn-7) aviny.com Retrieved 27 May 2020
  5. Walfajr-7[dead link] fatehan.ir
  6. Operation Walfajr-7 (and 6) dsrc.ir
  7. Operation Walfajr-7 (Dawn-7) Archived 2019-12-12 at the Wayback Machine roshd.ir Retrieved 27 May 2020
  8. The center of "preservation of the works/values of Defae-Moqqadas (holy defense)"
  9. The reason of beginning of Operation Dawn-7 mashreghnews.ir Retrieved 27 May 2020
  10. The table of holy defense tebyan.net
  11. Roshd, National School Network, (Walfajr-7 [Dawn-7])
  12. Ground operations of holy defense (Iran-Iraq War) Archived 2019-12-14 at the Wayback Machine fatehan.ir