Iran is about 645,000 square miles in area.

For comparison: Iwo Jima (10 sq. m.) required 70,000 troops (plus immense naval support). About 25,000 marines became casualties. The battle lasted more than a month.

It took a quarter million combat troops nearly three months to seize Okinawa, 465 sq. m. They suffered about 80,000 casualties.

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