Iran Says It Defeated Iraqi Counterattack At Northern Frontier

The New York Times
June 23, 1988

Associated Press
NICOSIA, Cyprus, June 22 - … In action reported at another part of the front, 200 miles to the south, Iranian rebels based in Iraq said they had withdrawn from the Iranian town of Mehran after a three-day offensive. They reported capturing tanks, missiles and other military hardware.

Leaders of the rebel group, the People's Mujahedeen, an Islamic socialist organization, said their fighting wing, the National Liberation Army, had taken Mehran on Sunday. Iran acknowledged the attack but said it was repulsed with thousands of enemy casualties.