Iran–Iraq War
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The Iran–Iraq War was an armed conflict between Iran and Iraq that lasted from September 1980 to August 1988. Active hostilities began with the Iraqi invasion of Iran and lasted for nearly eight years, until the acceptance of United Nations Security Council Resolution 598 by both sides. Iraq's primary rationale for the attack against Iran cited the need to prevent Ruhollah Khomeini—who had spearheaded the Iranian revolution in 1979—from exporting the new Iranian ideology to Iraq. There were also fears among the Iraqi leadership of Saddam Hussein that Iran, a theocratic state with a population predominantly composed of Shia Muslims, would exploit sectarian tensions in Iraq by rallying Iraq's Shia majority against the Baʽathist government, which was officially secular but dominated by Sunni Muslims. Iraq also wished to replace Iran as the power player in the Persian Gulf, which was not seen as an achievable objective prior to the Islamic Revolution because of Pahlavi Iran's economic and military superiority as well as its close relationships with the United States and Israel.
1980 — 1988
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Gulf War; Iran-Iraq War
People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran, Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq, Kurdistan Democratic Party, Iran, Iraq, Sudan, Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan, Democratic Revolutionary Front for the Liberation of Arabistan,
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| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| area | region | 1750 | Zand dynasty | Wikidata | |
| area | region | 1979 | Iran | successor state, sovereign state, Islamic Republic, country, tripadvisor | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 755 | Sunpadh Rebellion | rebellion, Abbasid Caliphate, Dabuyid dynasty, Sunpadh | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1447 | Urdu Bazar Revolt | rebellion, Timurid dynasty | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1729 | Battle of Khwar Pass | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1941 | Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran | Edward Quinan, Dmitry Timofeyevich Kozlov, Pahlavi dynasty, Sergey Trofimenko, United Kingdom, Soviet Union, Mohammad Ali Foroughi, Reza Shah, William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim, Ali Mansur, Gholamali Bayandor, invasion | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1945 | 1946 Iran crisis | armed conflict, crisis | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1984 | War of the Cities | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 2016 | Rasan Campaign | insurgency | Wikidata |
| event | war | 2023 | Gaza war | war, Hamas, Hezbollah, Israel Defense Forces, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Houthis, Armed Forces of Iran | Wikidata |
| commons | image | Iran-Iraq War, color photos – Defapress (05) (cropped) | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Iran-Iraq War photos by Amir Ali Javadian (27) | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Pipeline bridge over the Arvand Rud during the war (02) | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Iran-Iraq War photos by Amir Ali Javadian (25) | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Iran-Iraq War, color photos – Defapress (33) | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Pipeline bridge over the Arvand Rud during the war (01) | Commons | ||
| commons | image | عبور کاروان جبهه ، اردوگاه ازنا ۱۳۶۱ خورشیدی | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Iran-Iraq War, color photos – Defapress (34) | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Pipeline bridge over the Arvand Rud during the war (05) | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Pipeline bridge over the Arvand Rud during the war (06) | Commons | ||









