Siege of Abadan

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battle of the Iran–Iraq War military siege

The Siege of Abadan was a major early battle of the Iran–Iraq War in which Iranian forces defended the strategic oil-rich city of Abadan against prolonged Iraqi encirclement and assault.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
siege of Abadan during Iran–Iraq War	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle of the Iran–Iraq War ⓘ military siege ⓘ
associatedInfrastructure	Abadan oil refinery NERFINISHED ⓘ
attacker	Iraqi Army NERFINISHED ⓘ
belligerent	Ba'athist Iraq NERFINISHED ⓘ Islamic Republic of Iran NERFINISHED ⓘ
combatantStrength	Iranian regular and irregular forces ⓘ large Iraqi ground forces ⓘ
conflict	Iran–Iraq War NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflictType	conventional warfare ⓘ
country	Iran ⓘ
defender	Iranian Army NERFINISHED ⓘ Iranian Basij militia NERFINISHED ⓘ Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps NERFINISHED ⓘ
defensiveOutcome	Iran maintained control of Abadan ⓘ
economicImpact	threat to Iranian oil exports ⓘ
endTime	1981 ⓘ
hasCause	Iraqi invasion of Iran in 1980 NERFINISHED ⓘ
location	Abadan NERFINISHED ⓘ Iran NERFINISHED ⓘ Khuzestan Province NERFINISHED ⓘ
militaryTactic	defensive operations ⓘ encirclement ⓘ urban warfare ⓘ
natureOfEngagement	encirclement and assault on city ⓘ prolonged siege ⓘ
notableEvent	Iranian counteroffensives to break siege ⓘ prolonged Iraqi encirclement of Abadan ⓘ
objective	capture of Abadan city ⓘ capture of Abadan oil refinery ⓘ
opponent	Iran NERFINISHED ⓘ Iraq NERFINISHED ⓘ
opposingCountry	Iraq NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Iran–Iraq War NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedPlace	Khorramshahr NERFINISHED ⓘ Persian Gulf NERFINISHED ⓘ Shatt al-Arab NERFINISHED ⓘ
result	Iranian victory ⓘ lifting of Iraqi siege ⓘ
significance	defense of key Iranian oil infrastructure ⓘ early major battle of the Iran–Iraq War ⓘ
startTime	1980 ⓘ
strategicImportance	Abadan oil refinery NERFINISHED ⓘ control of Shatt al-Arab waterway ⓘ oil production ⓘ
theater	southern front of Iran–Iraq War ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of Khorramshahr → followedBy → Siege of Abadan ⓘ

Abadan → historicalEvent → Siege of Abadan ⓘ

this entity surface form: siege of Abadan during Iran–Iraq War

Khuzestan → sawBattle → Siege of Abadan ⓘ