Operation Karbala-9
{{Infobox military conflict
| conflict = Operation Karbala 9
| place = Qasr-e Shirin, Iran
| date = 9 April 1987
| result = Inconclusive
- Iraqi defensive victory
- Iran suffers heavy casualties
| combatant1 = {{flagicon|Iraq|1963}} Iraq
| combatant2 = {{flag|Iran|1980}}
| partof = the Iran–Iraq War
}}
{{Campaignbox Iran-Iraq War}}
Operation Karbala-9 (Persian: عملیات کربلای 9) was an offensive operation in Iran–Iraq War,[https://www.aparat.com/v/tq5vE Operation Karbala-9] aparat.com Retrieved 3 October 2019[https://rasekhoon.net/media/show/360920/عملیات-کربلای-9/ Amaliat (operation) Karbala 9] rasekhoon.net Retrieved 5 October which was launched by Islamic Republic of Iran Army[https://rasekhoon.net/calender/show/557969/عملیات-کربلای-9-در-قصرشیرین-توسط-ارتشِ-جمهوری-اسلامی-ایران-(1366ش)/ The operation Karbala-9, in Qasr-e Shirin] rasekhoon.net Retrieved 3 October 2019{{cite web |url=http://www.ibna.ir/fa/doc/naghli/36917/%D9%83%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%B4%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%8A-%D8%B9%D9%85%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D9%83%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%8A-9 |title=Bibliography of Operation-Karbala-9 |date=8 April 2009 |publisher=ibna.ir |access-date=3 October 2019}}[http://mashhad.navideshahed.com/fa/news/425308/%D9%85%D8%B9%D8%B1%D9%81%DB%8C-%D8%B9%D9%85%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D8%AF%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B9-%D9%85%D9%82%D8%AF%D8%B3%DA%A9%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%A7%DB%8C-9-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D9%82%D8%B5%D8%B1%D8%B4%DB%8C%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%86 Introduction of Karbala-9 in qasr-e Shirin] navideshahed.com Retrieved 14 October 2019 with the operation code of "Ya Mahdi, Adrekni" (Persian/Arabic: یا مهدی ادرکنی) on 9 April 1987.[http://www.ashoora.ir/%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B4%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%87-%D8%AF%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B9-%D9%85%D9%82%D8%AF%D8%B3/article/2788-9.html Karbala-9 (Operation)] ashoora.ir[http://khakriz.roshd.ir/Operations/View/tabid/141/ArticleId/252/-9.aspx Karbala-9 Operation] roshd.ir Retrieved 5 October 2019 This operation ended inconclusively, and Iran had very large casualties from the numerous Iraqi traps.{{Cite book |last=Joyner |first=Christopher C. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZXZIz7M1Bt4C&pg=PA104 |title=The Persian Gulf War: Lessons for Strategy, Law, and Diplomacy |date=1990 |publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group |isbn=978-0-313-26710-9 |pages=104 |language=en}}
The goal of the operation which was in operation zone of "QasrShirin-SarpoleZahab" (Persian: قصرشیرین-سرپلذهاب),{{cite web |url=http://portal.anhar.ir/node/18691 |title=Operation Karbala-9 |publisher=portal.anhar.ir |access-date=3 October 2019}} was to liberate the heights of the operation region of Qasr-e Shirin. The Iranian government claimed that heights-542 and Baba-Hadi outpost border were liberated, and that it killed 1,800 Iraqis, and captured 55 of them.[http://khakriz.roshd.ir/Operations/View/tabid/141/ArticleId/252/-9.aspx Karbala-9 (Operation Karbala 9)] roshd.ir Retrieved 14 October 2019
Despite that Shalamcheh region (in Iran) was involved in war, a new battle was launched—in the west of Iran—by Iranian forces against Iraqi army by this name (Operation Karbala-9); During the mentioned operation, Iranian forces attacked its enemies in "Babadi-strait" located in Pishgah area, and assaulted Iraqi army by passing explosive traps and landmines. Afterwards, Islamic Republic of Iran claimed that its army seized the strait of Babadi in three hours and made the rest of Iraqi forces to withdraw from the region.[https://article.tebyan.net/385692/%D8%B9%D9%85%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%AA-%DA%A9%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%A7%DB%8C-9 Amaliat (operation) Karbala 9] tebyan.net Retrieved 5 October 2019 This operation ended in an inconclusive result, and Iran had very large casualties from the numerous Iraqi traps.