Liberation of Susangerd (also known as "Susangerd-Operation") was a military operation during
Iran-Iraq War, which was commenced on 19 November 1980 by the common command of
Islamic Republic of Iran Army
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and
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
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and "Irregular Forces Headquarters". This operation's goal was to save Susangard city from the danger of a certain fall.
At the operation of Susangerd There were 24 pilots who participated in the operation, and some of them were killed, namely:
* Houshang Kiyan Ara
* Seyyed Mohammad-Taqi Hosseini
* Mohammad Kam-Bakhsh Ziyaei
* Nematollah Akbari Samani
* Younes Khosh-Bin
* Ebrahim Omid-Bakhsh
The list of the pilots (of
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) who took part in Susangerd-operation, is as follows:
* Davoud Sadeqi
* Mahmoud Naeimi
* Shir-Afkan Hemmati
* Jalal Aram
* Parviz Nasri
* Behnam Qanamiyan
* Ahmad Mehr-Niya
* Seyyed Esmaeil Mousavi
* Siyavash Moshiri
* Habibollah Baqaei
* Davoud Salman
* Qasem Mohammad Amini
* Iraj Osareh
* Akbar Tavangariyan
* Mohammad Masbouq
* Reza Ramezani
* Fazlollah Javid-Niya
* Davoud Asgari
Eventually, at Susangerd operation, Iranian forces broke the siege of the city, and rejected the Iraqis forces.
Susangerd Liberation Operation
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See also
* Liberation of Khorramshahr
The Second Battle of Khorramshahr, also known in Iran as the Liberation of Khorramshahr () was the Iran, Iranian recapture of the city of Khorramshahr on 24 May 1982, during the Iran–Iraq War. The city had been Battle of Khorramshahr (1980), ...
References
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Military operations of the Iran–Iraq War in 1980
Sieges of the Iran–Iraq War
History of Khuzestan province
Battles in 1980
November 1980 in Asia