Editing Iran–Iraq War (section)

====Iranian counteroffensive====
Faced with such losses, Khomeini appointed Rafsanjani as the [[Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces]], though he had in actuality occupied that position for months.<ref name="csis10" /> Rafsanjani ordered a last desperate counter-attack into Iraq, which was launched 13 June 1988. The Iranians infiltrated through the Iraqi trenches and moved {{convert|10|km|mi|abbr=on}} into Iraq and managed to strike Saddam's [[Radwaniyah Palace|presidential palace]] in Baghdad using fighter aircraft.<ref name="Farrokh 03" /> After three days of fighting, the decimated Iranians were driven back to their original positions again as the Iraqis launched 650 helicopter and 300 aircraft sorties.<ref name="csis10" />