Iran-Iraq War Flashcards
Algiers Accords
1975
Shatt al-Arab Waterway
Iraq forced to accept Thalweg Principle along waterway
Khuzestan
Saddam views as Arabistan (Iraq’s claims)
Kurdish Autonomy
Kurdistan
Mass Shiite Protests in Iraq
1977
Khomeini-like figure in Iraq
Grand Ayatollah Muhammed Baqir al-Sadr
Khomeini Exile in Iraq
13 years in Najaf
Saddam declares Algiers Accords null and void
1980
Iran President Abol Hassan Bani-Sadr
“Who signed the agreement? Even the Shah’s regime did not apply it”
Iraq invades
22 Sept 1980
Iraq expectation of war
Whirlwind War
Saddam policy of total war
40-75% of GDP
Iran human wave attacks
Operation Tariq al-Qods
1981
Syria collapses pipeline to close off oil from Mediterranean
1982
Saddam proposes ceasefire
20 Jun 1982
Trench Warfare introduced
1983-4
Trench Warfare casualties
1.5 million
Wars of Attrition
War of the Cities, Tanker War
Operation Earnest Will
American escort Kuwait Tankers
1987
USS Stark hit by Iraqi missiles
May 1987
Operation Praying Mantis
USA retaliation against Iran for damaging warship with mine
1988
Iran Accepts Ceasefire
UN Resolution 598
20 July 1988
Saudi Arabia aid to Iraq
$30 billion
Kuwait aid to Iraq
$14 billion
UAE aid to Iraq
$8 billion
USSR + France + PRC aid to Iraq
90% of arms imports
USA reopens diplomatic ties with Iraq
1984: Removed Iraq from list of “state sponsors of terrorism”
USA & FRG contribution to Iraq WMD
Pesticides and poisons sold to create chemical weapons
Countries supporting Iran
North Korea, Libya, Syria, South Yemen, PLO, PRC
Iran-Contra Affair
1985-87
Kurds after the war
180,000 killed, 90% villages bombed
Soviet-Iraq Friendship Treaty
1972
