Operation Samen-ol-A'emeh

Operation Samen-ol-A'emeh
	Part of Iran–Iraq War, Siege of Abadan
	; Iranian soldiers participating the Operation Samen-ol-A'emeh
Date	27–29 September 1981; (2 days)
Location	Abadan, Khuzestan province, southwest Iran
Result	Iranian victory Iraqi siege of Abadan is broken;
Belligerents
Iraq	Iran
Commanders and leaders
Saddam Hussein; Gen. Juwad Shitnah	Ruhollah Khomeini
Units involved
	Abuzar Brigade 77th Infantry Division of Khorasan; 36th Armoured Brigade of Shiraz; Navy's Takavar Battalion; Separate brigades from IRGC; Local volunteers; IRIAA; IRIAF
Strength
50,000–60,000 troops; numerous armoured vehicles; 200 artillery pieces	15,000 troops (inside Abadan); 20,000–30,000 troops outside
Casualties and losses
3,000 killed; 1,656 captured; 90 tanks/APCs destroyed; 100 vehicles destroyed; 3 aircraft destroyed; 1 helicopter destroyed; 100 tanks, 40 APCs, 3 loaders, 150 vehicles captured	3,000 killed; 150 tanks destroyed; 9 AH-1J destroyed; 2 CH-47 destroyed; 3 Bell-214 destroyed

Operation Samen-ol-A'emeh (Persian: عملیات ثامن‌الائمه "Operation Eighth Imam") was an Iranian offensive and operation in the Iran–Iraq War between 27–29^: 74 September 1981 where Iran broke the Iraqi Siege of Abadan. The operation was carried out by the Iranian army joined by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.