Operation Commander-in-Chief

{{Short description|1981 Iranian military operation in the Iran-Iraq War}}

{{Unreliable sources|date=March 2023}}

{{Infobox military conflict

| conflict = Operation Commander-in-Chief

| partof = Iran–Iraq War

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| image_size = 220px

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| date = 11–15 June 1981
({{Age in months, weeks and days|month1=06|day1=11|year1=1981|month2=06|day2=15|year2=1981|}})

| place = Abadan, Darkhoveyn

| casus =

| result = Iranian victory

| territory =

| combatant1 = {{flagcountry|Ba'athist Iraq}}

| combatant2 = {{flagcountry|Iran}}

| commander1 = Saddam Hussein

| commander2 = Ruhollah Khomeini
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps

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| strength1 =

| strength2 =

| casualties1 = 1496 killed

| casualties2 = 120 killed

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{{Campaignbox Iran–Iraq War}}

Operation Commander-in-Chief ({{langx|fa|عملیات فرمانده کل قوا}}), (complete name: "Commander-in-Chief, Khomeini Ruhe-Khoda"), is the name of a military operation which was launched during Iran–Iraq War on 11 June 1981 by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps against Iraqi Ba'athist army. The operation was carried out with the purpose of opening the siege of Abadan and also as a test for the significant operation of Samen-ol-A'emeh.[https://defapress.ir/fa/news/243173/%D8%B9%D9%85%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%87%E2%80%8C-%DA%A9%D9%84%E2%80%8C-%D9%82%D9%88%D8%A7-%D8%AE%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%86%DB%8C%E2%80%8C-%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AD%E2%80%8C-%D8%AE%D8%AF%D8%A7-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%DB%8C%DA%A9-%D9%86%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%87 Operation "Commander-in-Chief" at a glance] defapress.ir, Retrieved 1 February 2021[https://www.isna.ir/news/99032113078/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B2-%D8%A2%D8%BA%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D8%B9%D9%85%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%87-%DA%A9%D9%84-%D9%82%D9%88%D8%A7-%D8%AE%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%86%DB%8C-%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AD-%D8%AE%D8%AF%D8%A7 Anniversary of the beginning of Operation "Commander-in-Chief] isna.ir, Retrieved 1 February 2021[https://rasekhoon.net/calender/show/553230 Operation of the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces in the Darkhovin area east of the Karun River by the IRGC] rasekhoon.net, Retrieved 1 February 2021

At this operation[http://www.aviny.com/Occasion/enghelab_jang/defaemoghaddas/87/Amaliatha/Koleghova/koleghova.aspx Operation "Commander-in-Chief"; The ground for the broken structure of the siege of Abadan] aviny.com, Retrieved 1 February 2021[https://www.yjc.ir/fa/news/6560727/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AC%D8%B1%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D8%AA%D8%BA%DB%8C%DB%8C%D8%B1-%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85-%D8%AF%D9%82%DB%8C%D9%82%D9%87-%D9%86%D9%88%D8%AF%DB%8C-%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%86-%D8%B9%D9%85%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%AC%D9%86%DA%AF%DB%8C-%D8%A8%D8%B9%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D8%B9%D8%B2%D9%84-%D8%A8%D9%86%DB%8C-%D8%B5%D8%AF%D8%B1-%DA%86%D9%87-%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%AF Operation "Commander-in-Chief"] yjc.ir, Retrieved 1 February 2021[https://www.tasnimnews.com/fa/news/1399/03/21/2282792/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B2%D8%AE%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C-%D9%86%D8%AE%D8%B3%D8%AA%DB%8C%D9%86-%D8%B9%D9%85%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%B1%D8%B2%D9%85%D9%86%D8%AF%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85-%D9%BE%D8%B3-%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D8%B9%D8%B2%D9%84-%D8%A8%D9%86%DB%8C-%D8%B5%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%B7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%85-%D9%85%D8%AD%D8%A7%D8%B5%D8%B1%D9%87-%D8%A2%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86-%DA%86%DA%AF%D9%88%D9%86%D9%87-%D8%B4%DA%A9%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%87-%D8%B4%D8%AF-%D9%81%DB%8C%D9%84%D9%85 Operation "Commander-in-Chief"] tasnimnews.com, Retrieved 1 February 2021[https://www.magiran.com/article/2755178 Operation Commander-in-Chief in the Darkhovin region] magiran.com, Retrieved 1 February 2021 which was with an advance of 3 kilometers in the favor of Iranian forces, the powerful and significant positions of the Iraqi Ba'athist army in the area were (re)captured by IRGC and at-least 32 tanks and personnel carriers were annihilated and 1496 Iraqi forces were killed, wounded and captured; on the other hand 120 forces from IRGC were killed.[https://www.jamaran.news/%D8%A8%D8%AE%D8%B4-%D8%A7%D8%AE%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1-12/15632-%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%86-%D8%B9%D9%85%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85-%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%87-%DA%A9%D9%84-%D9%82%D9%88%D8%A7-%D8%AE%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%86%DB%8C-%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AD-%D8%AE%D8%AF%D8%A7-%D8%B4%DA%A9%D9%84-%DA%AF%D8%B1%D9%81%D8%AA The first operation was called the Commander-in-Chief] jamaran.news, Retrieved 1 February 2021[https://www.iranhdm.ir/showEvent?id=2214 Operation of the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces on the Darkhovin Front] iranhdm.ir, Retrieved 1 February 2021[https://snn.ir/fa/news/770083 Anniversary of Operation Commander-in-Chief] snn.ir, Retrieved 1 February 2021