The Iran-Iraq War, 1980-1990
•A Shiite revolution takes place in Iran and the Shah was replaced by Ayatollah Khomeini
•This concerned the Sunni leader, Saddam Hussein in Iraq
•Khomeini was very anti-American so they supported Iraq
•War breaks out in fear that the revolution would spread to Iraq (really a war of religion although they both claimed territory of each others)
•UN gets involved in 1988 and a formal treaty is signed with no gains in 1990
•This concerned the Sunni leader, Saddam Hussein in Iraq
•Khomeini was very anti-American so they supported Iraq
•War breaks out in fear that the revolution would spread to Iraq (really a war of religion although they both claimed territory of each others)
•UN gets involved in 1988 and a formal treaty is signed with no gains in 1990
Summary: The Iran-Iraq war was a bloody war having up to a million casualties over the 8 year gap between 1980-1988. The Americans supported Iraq as Khomeini was anti-American. At the end of the war a treaty was signed and little to no gains were made for either country.
After eight years of fighting, neither side could claim victory. The border disputes were not resolved."
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