Operation Roaring Lion, Nos. 1-4
In retaliation for 77 Scud missiles fired at NLA camps
- HQs of 81st Division's 4th Brigade, several battalions and an intelligence base pounded in Kermanshah

In retaliation for the clerical regime's launching of 77 surface-to-surface missiles at National Liberation Army camps on April 18, Mojahedin operational units carried out a series of operations earlier this morning, the Mojahedin Command inside Iran reported.

Four of these operations, code-named Roaring Lion, Nos. 1-4, were conducted in Kermanshah Province.

1. Tactical HQ of 81st Division's 4th Brigade, south of Qasr-e Shirin, was pounded with 14 rounds of 122-mm multiple rocket launchers. Enemy forces suffered heavy losses and casualties.

This headquarters was used for launching Scud missile attacks on a number of Mojahedin and NLA camps last Wednesday.

2. Positions of 81st Division's 108th Battalion were hit with 12 rounds of 107-mm multiple rocket launchers.

3. At 4:30 am, Mojahedin operational units pounded the 81st Division's 340th artillery Battalion with 15 rounds 120-mm mortars.

4. At the same time, a base for the mullahs' intelligence agents and terrorists south of Qasr-e Shirin was hit with a barrage of 120-mm mortars.

The base was used for reconnaissance operations against Mojahedin camps in the border region. A number of intelligence operatives and terrorists were killed or wounded.

Press office of the People's Mojahedin of Iran - Paris
April 22, 2001

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