Sources for all related episodes:
Karsh, Efraim (2002). The Iran–Iraq War: 1980–1988
https://www.iranchamber.com/history/iran_iraq_war/iran_iraq_war1.php
Farrokh, Kaveh (2011). Iran at War: 1500–1988.
https://csis-website-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/legacy_files/files/media/csis/pubs/9005lessonsiraniraqii-chap05.pdf
https://nuke.fas.org/guide/iraq/cw/az120103.html
https://iranprimer.usip.org/resource/basij-resistance-force
https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2011/09/09/the-pasdaran-inside-irans-islamic-revolutionary-guard-corps/
Timmerman, Kenneth R. (1991). The Death Lobby: How the West Armed Iraq
