What the records say
- When
- 18 Jun 1988
- Kind
- Military operation
- Coordinates
- 33.27° N, 46.25° E
- Description
- Iraqi military operation in the Iran–Iraq War
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Operation Forty Stars
Iraqi military operation in the Iran–Iraq War
Operation Forty Stars, also known as Operation Forty Lights, or Chelcheraq, was a military operation conducted by the People's Mujahedin of Iran (MEK) at the closing stages of the Iran–Iraq War on 18 June 1988. The goal was to occupy the Iranian border city of Mehran to control its oil fields, as well as Kurdish villages in the region.
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