Word: abadan
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Iran's inch-by-inch recovery of its territory began last September, when it broke the grip of the Iraqi army around the key oil refinery city of Abadan. The Iranians also launched a series of successful attacks on Iraqi positions along the southern segment of the border between the two countries. In addition, the Iranians have recovered a total of about 155 sq. mi. of land at different points along the 625-mile front...
...former officers loyal to the Shah claimed to have sabotaged the plane, both the government and Mujahedin leaders believed the crash was most likely an accident. Only days earlier, Iran had claimed its "biggest victory" in the year-long border conflict when its forces broke the Iraqi siege of Abadan, a key oil-refining center. Later, the Kuwaiti government protested that Iranian jets had attacked an oil installation in Kuwait. The Iranians denied the charge, but in Washington, Secretary of State Alexander Haig confirmed that U.S.-manned AWACS reconnaissance planes flying above Saudi Arabia had spotted the Iranian fighters...
Ugly plumes of black smoke hung over the huge Iranian oil refinery in Abadan last week. Just two miles away, Iraqi artillery units kept firing shells into the besieged port at the head of the Persian Gulf. Iraqi MiG-23s swooped overhead in bombing raids, drawing intense antiaircraft fire. One MiG-23, spewing smoke, crashed near Basra, inside Iraq. Huddled behind sandbags or in the ravaged interiors of buildings, the Iranians are conducting an incessant artillery duel with the enemy. Although Iraq held a long strip of Iranian territory (see map), the situation was different toward the north, where Iranian...
...Ruhollah Khomeini has eased his obdurate attitude on the hostage question. Moderate President Abolhassan Banisadr, who is in favor of the hostages' release, seems to be gaining in visibility because of his handling of the war with Iraq. Indeed, as the valiant defense of the refinery city of Abadan went into its ninth week, Banisadr's influence with the military continued to grow...
...roof of an abandoned post office at the edge of the Karun River, Iraqi soldiers point to Iranian outposts a few hundred yards away. In the distance, thick plumes of smoke arise from the burning oil refinery at Abadan. An Iraqi private describes how the remaining Iranian defenders have split into three-and four-man sniper squads. Some of the squads have attempted "hit and run" mortar assaults from the south bank of the Karun. An Iraqi general predicts that Abadan could fall within a week, depending on the intransigence of the Iranian holdouts and the willingness of the Iraqis...