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25: 126:. Iraq was also aiming to replace Iran as the dominant Persian Gulf state. Although Iraq hoped to take advantage of revolutionary chaos in Iran and attacked without formal warning, they made only limited progress into Iran and within several months were repelled by the Iranians who regained virtually all lost territory by June, 1982. For the next six years, Iran was on the offensive. Despite 24: 127: 114:
The war began when Iraq invaded Iran, launching a simultaneous invasion by air and land into Iranian territory on 22 September 1980 following a long history of
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insurgency among Iraq's long-suppressed Shia majority influenced by the
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Picture of the day
Holothuria fuscogilva
Holothuria fuscogilva
Diego Delso
Archive
More featured pictures
fracking
Qādisiyyah
war
Iraq
Iran
border disputes
Shia
Iranian Revolution
calls for a ceasefire
United Nations Security Council
prisoners of war


"Threats and Responses: Briefly Noted; Iran-Iraq Prisoner Deal"
New York Times

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