Operation Morvarid

Operation Morvarid
	Part of the Iran–Iraq War
Date	27–28 November 1980; (1 day)
Location	Parts of the Persian Gulf and Iraq
Result	Decisive Iranian victory Iraqi Navy confined to its port for the remainder of the war;
Belligerents
Iran	Iraq
Commanders and leaders
Bahram Afzali; Javad Fakoori;	Mohamed Al-Jeboury; Aladdin Al-Janabi;
Units involved
Navy; Air Force; Army Aviation	Navy; Air Force
Strength
6 amphibious vessels; 2 missile boats; Unknown number of marines and aircraft	5 missile boats; 4 torpedo boats; Several MiG-23 and Su-22 fighters; Several-SAM sites
Casualties and losses
1 missile boat sunk; 1 F-4 Phantom downed; Unknown marine losses	5 Osa II boats sunk; 4 P-6 boats sunk; 3 light patrol boats sunk; 1 amphibious assault ship sunk; 1 MiG-23s downed; 1 Su-22 downed; Several SAM-sites destroyed; 2 strategic oil terminals destroyed; +100 killed
	The day of the operation (28 November 1980) is celebrated in Iran as "the Navy Day"

Operation Morvarid (Persian: عملیات مروارید, lit. 'Operation Pearl') was an operation launched by the Iranian Navy and Air Force against the Iraqi Navy sites on 27 November 1980 in response to Iraq positioning radar and monitoring equipment on the Mina Al-Bakr and Khor-al-Amaya oil rigs to counter Iranian air operations. The operation resulted in a victory for Iran, which managed to destroy both oil rigs as well as much of the Iraqi Navy and inflicted significant damage to Iraqi ports and airfields.^[1]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t Razoux, Pierre (2015). The Iran-Iraq War. Harvard University Press, 2015. pp. 141–146. ISBN 978-0674915718.
^ Iran Hit By Work Stoppages

[Razoux-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t Razoux, Pierre (2015). The Iran-Iraq War. Harvard University Press, 2015. pp. 141–146. ISBN 978-0674915718.

[2] Iran Hit By Work Stoppages

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