Iran-Iraq Conflict Escalates into War
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events: 1900-2001
- Categories: Diplomacy, International Relations, Foreign Affairs, Military History
- Subcategories: Wars, Battles
- Curriculum: Middle Eastern History
- Geographical Location: Middle East, Iraq, Iran
- Date: September 22, 1980
Article abstract: A long-standing conflict between Iraq and Iran reached a crisis level in September, 1980, and soon escalated into war.
The Border Disputes
The Algiers Treaty of March 6, 1975, signed by Iran’s Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and Saddam Hussein, who was then vice president of Iraq, was intended to settle long-standing disputes between the two neighbors. The treaty’s most important provision was a change in the border along the Shatt al-Arab waterway. Iran’s sovereignty had formerly stopped at the eastern bank, but now Iran would have...
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