Battle of Dezful

{{Unreferenced|date=May 2007}} {{Campaignbox Iran-Iraq War}}The '''Battle of [[Dezful]]''', fought in early January 1981, was a major battle of the [[Iran-Iraq War]]. Three small Iranian armored [[regiment]]s advanced towards Iraqi forces who had invaded Iranian territory between the towns of [[Ahvaz]] and [[Susangerd]]. The Iraqi forces were alerted to this movement and feigned a withdrawal. The Iraqis formed three armored regiments into a three-sided box ambush. The Iranians blundered into the ambush and the two [[tank]] forces battled for four days in a sea of mud. The Iranians withdrew, leaving many tanks stuck in the mud, or, because of logistical misplanning, out of [[fuel]] and [[ammunition]]. The condition of the terrain prevented a clean break from the battle and did not allow the Iraqi forces to pursue what was left of the Iranians en force. {{coord missing|Iran}}