All of Khomeini's forces were equipped with heavy weaponry, tanks, multiple rocket launchers, and 106mm recoilless rifles. Their rushed mobilization left them no option but human wave attacks. But their vast numbers had to be spread over farmland affording no cover, and they were routed in two hours of fighting.
5,000 of Khomeini's forces were killed or wounded and the rest fled. The enemy lost over 400 vehicles, including tanks, armored personnel carriers, jeep-mounted 106mm recoilless rifles and rocket launchers. The assortment of vehicles indicated that the regime had sent its forces by any means possible.
Meanwhile, NLA combatants attacked the Guards Corps support headquarters, Najaf 2, located on the Kerend Islamabad road. The garrison was destroyed and 200 of Khomeini's agents killed or wounded. Subsequently, Lorestan's engineering HQ was captured and demolished near Islamabad. A large number of vehicles, and much equipment and machinery were destroyed. Next, the NLA forces launched an assault against the Allaho-Akbar garrison at the western entrance to Islamabad.
The 3x2 kilometer Allaho-Akbar garrison is a key Guards Corps base in western Iran, and several GC and Army divisions and units. They include the GC 45th engineering division, the GC armored center in the west, and the bases of operations for several Air Force and Air Corps units.
The Allaho-Akbar garrison was overrun in the course of clashes during which a number of GC commanders - among them Seyyed Javad Amiri, a commander of the Samenol A'emmeh corps; Khaleqverdi, GC commanderfor troop deployment at Allaho-Akbar; and Mansour, logistics commander were killed. Many Guards and servicemen surrendered, some joined the NLA, and the rest were disarmed and allowed to leave.
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