5/21/2023 0 Comments Iran iraq war tank battles![]() ![]() ![]() Iraq had also wished to replace Iran as the dominant state in the Persian Gulf, which was before this point not seen as feasible by the Iraqi leadership due to pre-revolutionary Iran's colossal economic and military might, as well as its close alliances with the United States and Israel. Iraq's rationale for the invasion was primarily to cripple Iran and prevent Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini from exporting the 1979 Iranian Revolution movement to Shia-majority Iraq and threaten the Sunni-dominated Ba'athist leadership. The war lasted almost eight years, ending in a stalemate on 20 August 1988 when Iran accepted a UN-brokered ceasefire. The Iran–Iraq War (Persian: جنگ ایران و عراق Arabic language: حرب الخليج الأولى) was a protracted armed conflict that began on 22 September 1980 when Iraq invaded neighbouring Iran. Iranian offensives to free Iranian territory (1981–82) (Leader of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq) File:ISCI flag.svg Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim.(Deputy Secretary General of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan) (Leader of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan) (Leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party) (Chief of Staff, killed in plane crash in 1981) (Prime Minister of Iran, assassinated in 1981) (Head of Parliament and member of Supreme National Defence Council, lately the commander-in-chief) (President of Iran, assassinated in 1981) ( President of Iran, initially the commander-in-chief, impeached and ousted in 1981) No territorial changes observed by United Nations Iran–Iraq Military Observer Group based on United Nations Security Council Resolution 619 United Nations Security Council Resolution 598.Iranian failure to topple Saddam Hussein and destroy Iraqi military power as well as inspire sectarian divide in Iraq.Iraqi failure to capture Iranian territories and bolster Arab separatism in Iran's Khuzestan province.ZU-23-2 anti-aircraft gun being used by the Iranian Army.Iraqi prisoners of war after the recapture of Khorramshahr by Iranian forces.Pro-Iraq MEK forces killed during Iran's Operation Mersad.Port quarter view of the USS Stark listing to port after being mistakenly struck by an Iraqi warplane.Iranian soldier in a trench wearing a gas mask to guard against Iraqi chemical attacks.Iranian child soldier on the frontlines. ![]()
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