Operation Badr (1985)

Operation Badr
	Part of Iran–Iraq War
Date	10 – 20 March 1985; (1 week and 3 days)
Location	Northeast of al-Qurnah
Result	Iraqi victory
Territorial; changes	Iran temporarily captures parts of the Baghdad–Basra highway but is forced to abandon control due to an Iraqi counter-response
Belligerents
Iraq	Iran
Commanders and leaders
Gen. Sultan Hashim Ahmad al-Tai; Gen. Jamal Zanoun; Gen. Hisham Sabah al-Fakhri	Mohsen Rezaee; Mehdi Bakeri †
Strength
40,000–60,000	100,000
Casualties and losses
2,000 killed; 6,000 wounded; 3,000 captured 100 tanks, 11 helicopters and 4 aircraft lost	10,000 killed; 20,000 wounded; 2,000 captured 100 armored vehicles and 24 helicopters lost

Operation Badr was an Iranian operation conducted during the Iran–Iraq War against the forces of Ba'athist Iraq. The Iranians launched their offensive on March 11 and succeeded in capturing a part of the Basra-Amarah-Baghdad highway. The following Iraqi counterattack, however, forced the Iranians out in a continual war of endless stalemate.

^ Farrokh, Kaveh (2011-12-20). Iran at War: 1500-1988. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 382. ISBN 9781780962405.
^ ^a ^b Razoux, Pierre (2015). The Iran-Iraq War. Harvard University Press, 2015. p. 322. ISBN 978-0674915718.

[1] Farrokh, Kaveh (2011-12-20). Iran at War: 1500-1988. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 382. ISBN 9781780962405.

[Razeoux-2] Razoux, Pierre (2015). The Iran-Iraq War. Harvard University Press, 2015. p. 322. ISBN 978-0674915718.

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