 The Operation Dawn 3 is part of the series of Dawn operations, which involved about 500,000 troops covering a 150-mile front.It was launched in February 1983 and was described by Speaker Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani as the final move towards ending the Iran-Iraq war.The first campaign was concentrated in the Hawizeh marsh area and in the Haj Omran during the Operation Dawn 2.