Operation Beit ol-Moqaddas 4
Part of Iran–Iraq War
Date 25 March 1988 Location Sulaymaniyah Governorate, Iraq Result Iranian victory
Belligerents
Iran	Iraq
Commanders and leaders
Mohsen Rezaee	Saddam Hussein
Casualties and losses
Unknown	5,000+ killed or wounded 498 Captured Hundreds of armoured vehicles destroyed or captured

Operation Beit ol-Moqaddas 4 (Persian: عملیات بیت المقدس ۴) was a military operation during Iran-Iraq War^[1][2][3] which was launched by Iran^[4][5][6] on 25 March 1988^[7] by the code of "Ya Aba Abd-Allah al-Hussain (a.s.)" (Persian: «یااباعبدالله الحسین (ع)») at the axis of Halabcheh-Shakhshemiran, by the command of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, and it was lasted for two days. The goal of the operation was to fulfill/secure the left flank of Operation Dawn 10 area^[8]—which was considered as a sensitive area for Iraq.^[9]

Locality

The operation area of Beitol Moqaddas-4 was a mountainous region, including:

• Darbandikhan lake and Shakh-Tamurzhenan (from the north)
• Martke plain; Shakh-Khashik heights and Bamoo (from the south)
• Zimkan river and Bizel mountain (from the east)
• Dam of Darbandikhan and Qashti heights (from the west)^[10]

Results

Operation Beit al-Moqaddas-4^[11][12][13] resulted in the conquering of several areas of Iraq by Iranian forces, including:

• Complete possession of ShakhShemiran heights and Shakh-Sumer
• Possession of a part of "Dasht-Tolbi" and "Bardaddkan heights"
• The killing/injuring approximately 5000 Iraqi soldiers
• The capture of 498 Iraqi soldiers
• Destruction of at least 15 tanks and 50 cars
• Additional Iranian "war spoils".^[14]