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    Posted: 23-Dec-2009 at 12:39
What were some of the greatest wins and worst losses in Iran's history? Please make a list from ancient Iran to modern Iran.
 
ANCIENT
 
(Wins)
 
Battle of Carrhae
Battle of Nisibis
Battle of Antioch (613)
Battle of Barbalissos
Battle Of Edessa
First Perso-Turkic War
Second Perso-Turkic War
 
(Losses)
 
Battle of Gaugamela
Battle of Marathon
Battle of Plataea
Battle of Qadisiyyah
Battle of Nahavand
 
 
MEDIEVAL
 
(Wins)
 
Battle of Damghan
Battle of Marv
Ottoman-Safavid War (1603-1618)
Nader Shah's Ottoman Campaign
 
(Losses)
 
Battle of Chaldiran
Ottoman-Safavid War (1623-1639)
 
 
MODERN
 
(Wins)
 
Ottoman-Persian War (1821-1823)
Battle of Krtsanisi
Operation Morvarid
Liberation of Khorramshah
Operation Undeniable Victory
 
(Losses)

Russo-Persian War (1804-1813)
Russo-Persian war (1826-1828)
Battle of Dezful
 

 
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The unsuccessful siege of Constantinople by the Persian and Avar armies (lasted ten years), although I'm not sure if this counts because the Persians were stuck on the Asian side of the Bosphorous while the Avars did the attacking from the European side.
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