1975 Algiers Agreement

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The 1975 Algiers Agreement was a diplomatic accord between Iran and Iraq that settled border disputes, particularly over the Shatt al-Arab waterway, in an effort to reduce tensions prior to the Iran–Iraq War.

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1975 Algiers Agreement canonical 1
Algiers Accord of 1975 1
Algiers Agreement 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bilateral agreement
border treaty
international treaty
aimedTo reduce tensions between Iran and Iraq
alsoKnownAs 1975 Algiers Agreement
surface form: Algiers Accord of 1975
category 1975 in international relations
Treaties of Iran
Treaties of Iraq
component Protocol regarding frontier markers
Protocol regarding security and good-neighborliness
Protocol regarding the Shatt al-Arab boundary
Protocol regarding the demarcation of the land boundary
countryInvolved Iran
Iraq
filedWith United Nations Secretariat
historicalContext Cold War Middle East diplomacy
influenced later ceasefire and border negotiations after the Iran–Iraq War
language Arabic
English
French
Persian
legalStatusAfter1980 unilaterally abrogated by Iraq
mediatedBy Houari Boumédiène
obligated Iran to cease support for Iraqi Kurdish rebels
Iraq to recognize the thalweg as the river boundary
placeInHistory key turning point in Iran–Iraq relations prior to 1979 Iranian Revolution
preceded Iran–Iraq War
predecessorTo subsequent Iran–Iraq border demarcation efforts
principleUsed thalweg principle
providedFor demarcation of land border along the thalweg of the Shatt al-Arab
recognizedBy United Nations
relatedToConflict Iran–Iraq War
Iraqi Kurdish rebellions
surface form: Iraqi–Kurdish conflict
repudiatedBy Iraq
repudiatedByLeader Saddam Hussein
repudiatedOn 1980-09-17
resultedIn end of overt Iranian support for Iraqi Kurds
temporary normalization of Iran–Iraq relations
signedBy Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Saddam Hussein
signedInCity Algiers
signedInCountry Algeria
signedOn 1975-03-06
subject Iran–Iraq border region
surface form: Iran–Iraq border

Shatt al-Arab
surface form: Shatt al-Arab waterway

territorial disputes
UNCharterArticle Article 102

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Iran–Iraq War preWarTreaty 1975 Algiers Agreement
Shatt al-Arab subjectOfTreaty 1975 Algiers Agreement
this entity surface form: Algiers Agreement (1975)
1975 Algiers Agreement alsoKnownAs 1975 Algiers Agreement
this entity surface form: Algiers Accord of 1975
Mali War peaceProcess 1975 Algiers Agreement
this entity surface form: Algiers Agreement