Operation Karbala-7 (, ) was an Iranian offensive in

Haj Omran Haji Omeran (; ), is a town located in Iraqi Kurdistan's Erbil Governorate near the Iran–Iraq border. It is 180 kilometers northeast of the Erbil and 20 kilometers east of the Choman. The town is inhabited by Kurds. The BBC described it as " ...

during the

Iran–Iraq War The Iran–Iraq War, also known as the First Gulf War, was an armed conflict between Iran and Iraq that lasted from September 1980 to August 1988. Active hostilities began with the Iraqi invasion of Iran and lasted for nearly eight years, unti ...

to prevent Iraq from rapidly transferring units to its defense lines at

Basra Basra () is a port city in Iraq, southern Iraq. It is the capital of the eponymous Basra Governorate, as well as the List of largest cities of Iraq, third largest city in Iraq overall, behind Baghdad and Mosul. Located near the Iran–Iraq bor ...

after Iran had launched the failed

Operation Karbala-5 The siege of Basra, code-named Operation Karbala-5 () or The Great Harvest (), was an offensive operation carried out by Iran in an effort to capture the Iraqi port city of Basra in early 1987. This battle, known for its extensive casualties and ...

to capture the city of Basra.todaytime
. This was a failed Iranian attempt to reoccupy the summit of Kurda Mand Mountain. There was an additional Iranian attack after this with the size of an infantry brigade on the night of 11–12 March, but this failed and suffered heavy losses.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Karbala-7 Military operations of the Iran–Iraq War in 1987 Operations Karbala History of Erbil Governorate 1987 in Iraqi Kurdistan March 1987 in Asia