Operation Scorch Sword
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Operation Scorch Sword was an Iranian airstrike on Iraq's Tuwaitha Nuclear Research Centre in 1980. Conducted eight days after the beginning of the Iraqi invasion of Iran, it was a surprise attack aga
An Iranian F-4 Phantom II being refueled during the Iran–Iraq War, 1982
Javad Fakoori
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Javad Fakoori was an Iranian military colonel who served as defense minister of Iran from September 1980 to August 1981.
Operation Scorch Sword
…initiative due to the Iraqi invasion of Iran, nor did they have access to American spy satellite footage to assess the facility's layout. The IRIAF (under Javad Fakoori) began to plan out an entirely new plan to attack Osirak. The Iranians had little intelligence about the plant, and there was even a risk that it was…
Fakoori c. 1981