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	== Article Author ==		== Article Author ==
	Farzaneh Ghaleh Ghavand		Farzaneh Ghaleh Ghavand
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	\|‪In this operation, with the ingenuity of the Iranian commander who had been captured by the enemy, by contacting friendly forces via [[radio]] and issuing the necessary message, approximately 1800 Iranian troops crossed the Dueirige River and took up defensive positions on the east bank, an that led to a reduction in the number of prisoners. Apart from the capture of Iranian forces, there were no casualties or damage in this operation<ref>Jafari, Mojtaba (2014). Atlas of Enduring Battles. Tehran: Soureh Sabz Publications, p.161.</ref>.		\|‪In this operation, with the ingenuity of the Iranian commander who had been captured by the enemy, by contacting friendly forces via [[radio]] and issuing the necessary message, approximately 1800 Iranian troops crossed the Dueirige River and took up defensive positions on the east bank, an that led to a reduction in the number of prisoners. Apart from the capture of Iranian forces, there were no casualties or damage in this operation<ref>Jafari, Mojtaba (2014). Atlas of Enduring Battles. Tehran: Soureh Sabz Publications, p.161.</ref>.
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	Mohammad Soleimanzadeh, an unregistered liberated captive of the Takrit Camp 16, who was captured on August 23rd, 1988, recounts:<blockquote>"The acceptance of the Resolution 598 had just occurred, but the Ba'athist enemy could not be trusted. The headquarters of the 77th Khorasan Division's Engineering Battalion was at Fakkah Junction. Before the official implementation, it was decided that ceasefire procedures would be applied at the borders. We were carrying out this mission, of course with UNIMOG forces around <sup>[2]</sup>. It was the morning of August 23rd, 1988... I strapped a radio to my back, and Mohammad Farnaghi <sup>[3]</sup> and I went up a hill. Mohammad was carefully monitoring everything with binoculars... It wasn't long before Mohammad frantically reported the presence of armored and tank forces. Enemy forces, disregarding the ceasefire, had poured into the area. I immediately transmitted the news via radio. The order was clear: even if the Iraqis come and run over you with tanks, stay put; because we are not supposed to violate the ceasefire... We had no choice but to wait there until high-ranking officers arrived. When the order to retreat came, we moved... We were supposed to go back and take some of the new recruits, who were unfamiliar with the area, to the rear with us. Major Golmakani <sup>[4]</sup> and I got into a dump truck and left... The Ba'athists had deployed forces up to eight kilometers. It was two in the afternoon, and the day of Ashura. They blocked our way with two tanks and four armored personnel carriers, and swarmed around us like ants and locusts from all sides... The Shurhani operational area was our end. We did not want to violate the ceasefire; that's all!"<ref>Ghal'eghavand, Farzaneh (2019). Time Stood Still, Tehran: [https://www.mfpa.ir Payam Azadeghan], p.140.</ref></blockquote>		Mohammad Soleimanzadeh, an unregistered liberated captive of the [[Takrit camp 16\|Takrit Camp 16]], who was captured on August 23rd, 1988, recounts:<blockquote>"The acceptance of the Resolution 598 had just occurred, but the Ba'athist enemy could not be trusted. The headquarters of the 77th Khorasan Division's Engineering Battalion was at Fakkah Junction. Before the official implementation, it was decided that ceasefire procedures would be applied at the borders. We were carrying out this mission, of course with UNIMOG forces around <sup>[2]</sup>. It was the morning of August 23rd, 1988... I strapped a radio to my back, and Mohammad Farnaghi <sup>[3]</sup> and I went up a hill. Mohammad was carefully monitoring everything with binoculars... It wasn't long before Mohammad frantically reported the presence of armored and tank forces. Enemy forces, disregarding the ceasefire, had poured into the area. I immediately transmitted the news via radio. The order was clear: even if the Iraqis come and run over you with tanks, stay put; because we are not supposed to violate the ceasefire... We had no choice but to wait there until high-ranking officers arrived. When the order to retreat came, we moved... We were supposed to go back and take some of the new recruits, who were unfamiliar with the area, to the rear with us. Major Golmakani <sup>[4]</sup> and I got into a dump truck and left... The Ba'athists had deployed forces up to eight kilometers. It was two in the afternoon, and the day of Ashura. They blocked our way with two tanks and four armored personnel carriers, and swarmed around us like ants and locusts from all sides... The Shurhani operational area was our end. We did not want to violate the ceasefire; that's all!"<ref>Ghal'eghavand, Farzaneh (2019). Time Stood Still, Tehran: [https://www.mfpa.ir Payam Azadeghan], p.140.</ref></blockquote>

	==== Statistics of liberated prisoners after the acceptance of the Resolution 598 until August 13th, 1990<ref name=":0" /> ====		==== Statistics of liberated prisoners after the acceptance of the Resolution 598 until August 13th, 1990<ref name=":0" /> ====
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	== Footnote ==		== Footnote ==
	[1]. A fifth column refers to a group of people within the main society who secretly collaborate with enemies or undermine the larger group to which they are ostensibly loyal. This term has been common in military and political discourse since the Spanish Civil War. The term "fifth column" is virtually synonymous with [[espionage]] in meaning and concept; however, the difference is that a spy works to the detriment and harm of a foreigner, and does not disregard the benefit and interest of their own nation and country, even at the cost of their life; whereas a fifth column does not convey this meaning, but rather its members, knowingly or unknowingly, work to the detriment and harm of their own people and to the benefit of foreigners<ref>Taken from Persian Wikipedia. Available at <nowiki>https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/</nowiki>		[1]. A fifth column refers to a group of people within the main society who secretly collaborate with enemies or undermine the larger group to which they are ostensibly loyal. This term has been common in military and political discourse since the Spanish Civil War. The term "fifth column" is virtually synonymous with [[espionage]] in meaning and concept; however, the difference is that a spy works to the detriment and harm of a foreigner, and does not disregard the benefit and interest of their own nation and country, even at the cost of their life; whereas a fifth column does not convey this meaning, but rather its members, knowingly or unknowingly, work to the detriment and harm of their own people and to the benefit of foreigners<ref>Taken from Persian Wikipedia. Available at <nowiki>https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/</nowiki>

	</ref>. During the imposed war, the enemy's fifth column referred to mercenary traitors and internal eclectic and deviant leftist and rightist parties and groups who acted as infiltrating forces for the enemy and... The prime examples of the enemy's fifth column were political groups hostile to the Islamic Republic of Iran, including the Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization, the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan, Komalah, and monarchists. These groups, in addition to gathering information for the enemy, also carried out military actions in Kurdistan and Kermanshah<ref>Andisheh Qom Website, Center for Studies and Answering Doubts of Qom Seminary.</ref>.		</ref>. During the imposed war, the enemy's fifth column referred to mercenary traitors and internal eclectic and deviant leftist and rightist parties and groups who acted as infiltrating forces for the enemy and... The prime examples of the enemy's fifth column were political groups hostile to the Islamic Republic of Iran, including the Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization, the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan, Komalah, and monarchists. These groups, in addition to gathering information for the enemy, also carried out military actions in Kurdistan and Kermanshah<ref>Andisheh Qom Website, Center for Studies and Answering Doubts of Qom Seminary.</ref>.

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	== See also ==		== See also ==
	~~• Captivity and captives~~

	• Prisoners of war		* [[Captive martyrs\|Captivity and captives]]
			* [[Prisoners of War Administration Commission\|Prisoners of war]]
			* Camp

	~~• Camp~~		== References ==
			<references />

	== ~~References~~ ==		== External links ==
			Moment of capture recoverable from https://www.aparat.com/v/i758o30

			Moment of capture of Operation Valfajr 6 fighters recoverable from https://www.aparat.com/v/jlr7567

			== Article Author ==
			Farzaneh Ghaleh Ghavand

Marjan-khanlari: Created page with "Every war entails death, injury, captivity, destruction, and numerous consequences, of which, undoubtedly, captivity is one of the most formidable ones. And certainly, one of the unavoidable aspects of all wars in the world is captivity. Captivity can be called one of the most anxious events during wartime. "Does war involve a moment more harrowing than when soldiers are taken into captivity?"Ghal'eghavand, Farzaneh (2019). Time Stood Still, Tehran: [https://www.mf..."

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Created page with "Every war entails death, injury, captivity, destruction, and numerous consequences, of which, undoubtedly, captivity is one of the most formidable ones. And certainly, one of the unavoidable aspects of all wars in the world is captivity. Captivity can be called one of the most anxious events during wartime. "Does war involve a moment more harrowing than when soldiers are taken into captivity?"<ref>Ghal'eghavand, Farzaneh (2019). Time Stood Still, Tehran: [https://www.mf..."

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