Iran vs Iraq War

Background Info
It is also known as The Gulf War.
Began September 22, 1980
Ended on August 20, 1988
The Iran-Iraq War had many aspects,
including religious separation, border
disputes, and political differences.

Why Were the Two Countries Fighting?

Iraq invaded Iran via air and landed on September
22,1980.
They has a long history of border disputes
Fear of religion being taken over fueled the war

How did the War Affect the People of Iran?

The high death toll estimate is more than 1
million people.
The War damaged the economic standing
Iran wanted Iraq to pay for damage

Soviet Union
America was getting involved, the Soviet
union was pulling out to focus on
afgahnistan
U.S. was supporting Afghanistan to fight back
the Soviet union

U.S. involvement
U.S. was getting involved to protect their
assets, of oil mining
U.S. also wanted to stop Communism from
getting in the middle east
U.S. thought if Iraq lost, it would not benefit
them, do they aided iraq with supplies

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