The Iran–Iraq War, also known as the First Gulf War, [f] 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.

Dec 20, 2024 · Iran-Iraq War, (1980–88), prolonged military conflict between Iran and Iraq during the 1980s. Open warfare began on September 22, 1980, when Iraqi armed forces invaded western Iran along the countries’ joint border, though Iraq claimed that the war had begun earlier that month, on September 4, when Iran shelled a number of border posts.

Nov 9, 2009 · On September 22, 1980, Iraqi forces launched air strikes on Iranian air bases, following up with a ground invasion of the oil-producing border region of Khuzestan. The invasion was...

The Iraqi invasion of Iran began on 22 September 1980, sparking the Iran–Iraq War, and lasted until 5 December 1980. Ba'athist Iraq believed that Iran would not respond effectively due to internal socio-political turmoil caused by the country's Islamic Revolution one year earlier.

Jan 28, 2025 · Beginning in 1979, border clashes began to occur frequently, and Saddam announced in September 1980 that he was abrogating the 1975 agreements because they had been violated by Iran. Within days, Iraqi forces invaded Iran. At the same time, Iraq bombed Iranian air bases and other strategic targets.

Sep 22, 2005 · Iraq invaded Iran on 22 September 1980, triggering a bitter eight-year war which destabilised the region and devastated both countries. The then Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein …

Dec 10, 1990 · Conflicts contributing to the outbreak of hostilities ranged from centuries-old Sunni-versus-Shia and Arab-versus-Persian religious and ethnic disputes, to a personal animosity between Saddam...

Several excellent works have examined aspects of the Iran-Iraq War, including the US’s Iran-Contra affair. Most highlight Saddam Hussein’s ruthlessness as a dicta-tor and the horrific combat of the war.

Iran-Iraq War, (1980–88) Protracted and indecisive conflict prompted by Iraq’s invasion of its eastern neighbour. Following the 1979 Iranian Revolution, the Iraqi leadership sought to exploit Iran’s military and political chaos in order to resolve border disputes, gain control of Iran’s oil-rich western (largely Arab) province, and ...

May 23, 2018 · War between Iran and Iraq, 1980–1988. On 22 September 1980, Iraq launched a surprise military attack on Iran, thereby igniting a war that would last for eight years, ending only when both countries agreed to accept the terms of a United Nations (UN) cease-fire resolution.

Dec 15, 2006 · On 22 September 1980, the simmering conflict between Iraq and Iran erupted into a full-scale war with the simultaneous Iraqi air-raids on ten Iranian civilian and military airports and the invasion of Iranian territory along the entire border between the two countries.

Four major battles were fought from April to August 1988, in which the Iraqis routed or defeated the Iranians. In the first offensive, named Blessed Ramadhan, Iraqi Republican Guard and...

The invasion of Iran by Iraqi forces began the Iran-Iraq War in September 1980. Iraq’s president, Saddam Hussein, had assumed that Iran, weakened by a recent coup, could not defend itself.

Sep 26, 2015 · The attack, on 22 September 1980, sparked the Iran-Iraq War, which did not end for eight years. Saddam had promised a whirlwind victory, but he had reckoned without the intense religious...

Mar 4, 2013 · On 22 September 1980, Iraqi troops invaded Iran, starting a war that would last for eight years. The first Gulf War, better known as the Iraq-Iran War – the ‘Imposed War’, as the Iranian authorities came to call it – was one of the longest and most atrocious inter-state conflicts since the end of World War II.

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Differences between the neighboring countries of Iran and Iraq led to war in 1980. The fighting lasted for eight years. The Iran-Iraq War brought terrible destruction to both countries but ended with no clear winner.

Aug 11, 2004 · Scholars and former government officials convened for a day of discussion on the origins, conduct, and impact of the Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988).

Despite repeated Iraqi denials, between May 1981 and March 1984, Iran charged Iraq with forty uses of chemical weapons. The year 1984 closed with part of the Majnun Islands and a few pockets of...

The anti-shipping campaigns during the Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988) are known as the Tanker War [i]. In 1981, Iraq began attacks on ships to weaken Iran's ability to fight, initially attacking ships carrying military supplies to the groundwar front and later attacking ships carrying Iran's exports.

These are the orders of battle of the Iraqi and Iranian armies for the start of the Iran–Iraq War in 1980. The data is drawn from the Air Combat Information Group's Arabian Peninsula and Persian Gulf Database.

6 days ago · Iranian state TV says Iran test-fired an anti-warship cruise missile with a range of 1,000 kilometers (600 miles) capable of reaching U.S.

3 days ago · Iran still has moves it can make, not least a nuclear breakout, and it may prioritize rebuilding its network of proxies to restore its strategic depth. But this will take time, and Iran’s strategic calculus is now more open to manipulation and influence than it has been since probably the end of the Iran-Iraq War in the late 1980s.

Jan 10, 2025 · Syria was one of the first countries to recognize the Islamic Republic of Iran after the 1979 revolution, among Iran’s top suppliers during the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq War, and one of Iran’s very few friends in the Arab world.

5 days ago · The imposed war on Iran during the 1980s, immediately after the Islamic Revolution, exposed the true weakness of Iran’s military under the old import-dependent system.