Iran–Iraq War

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20th-century war interstate conflict war

The Iran–Iraq War was a protracted and devastating conflict between Iran and Iraq from 1980 to 1988, marked by trench warfare, massive casualties, and the use of chemical weapons.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Iran–Iraq War canonical 95
Iraq–Iran War 6
Iraqi invasion of Iran 3

Statements (61)

Predicate Object
instanceOf 20th-century war ⓘ
interstate conflict ⓘ
war ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Iran–Iraq War ⓘ
surface form: First Persian Gulf War

Imposed War ⓘ
Sacred Defense ⓘ
belligerent Iraq ⓘ
surface form: Ba'athist Iraq

Iran ⓘ
surface form: Islamic Republic of Iran
borderDisputeOver Shatt al-Arab ⓘ
casualtiesEstimate hundreds of thousands killed ⓘ
over a million wounded or disabled ⓘ
cause Iraqi desire to annex parts of Khuzestan ⓘ
fear of spread of Iranian Islamic Revolution ⓘ
territorial disputes over the Shatt al-Arab waterway ⓘ
ceasefireDate 1988-08-20 ⓘ
characteristic massive casualties ⓘ
missile attacks on cities ⓘ
tanker war in the Persian Gulf ⓘ
trench warfare ⓘ
use of chemical weapons ⓘ
war of attrition ⓘ
conflictBetween Iran ⓘ
Iraq ⓘ
economicImpact severe damage to Iranian economy ⓘ
severe damage to Iraqi economy ⓘ
endDate 1988-08-20 ⓘ
endedBy UN-mediated ceasefire ⓘ
firstMajorEvent Iran–Iraq War self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Iraqi invasion of Iran
frontType air ⓘ
land ⓘ
naval ⓘ
initiatedBy Iraq ⓘ
involvedCountry France ⓘ
Kuwait ⓘ
Saudi Arabia ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
involvedOrganization United Nations ⓘ
location Iran ⓘ
Iraq ⓘ
Middle East ⓘ
longTermConsequence Iraqi indebtedness to Gulf Arab states ⓘ
militarization of the Persian Gulf ⓘ
regional instability in the Middle East ⓘ
strengthening of Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps ⓘ
notableCampaign Operation Karbala-5 ⓘ
Operation Ramadan ⓘ
Tanker War ⓘ
War of the Cities ⓘ
partOf Cold War ⓘ
peaceAgreementDate 1990-08-16 ⓘ
preWarTreaty 1975 Algiers Agreement ⓘ
result restoration of pre-war borders ⓘ
stalemate ⓘ
startDate 1980-09-22 ⓘ
UNResolution United Nations Security Council Resolution 598 ⓘ
usedWeaponType aircraft ⓘ
armored vehicles ⓘ
ballistic missiles ⓘ
chemical weapons ⓘ
naval mines ⓘ

Referenced by (107)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gulf War → precededBy → Iran–Iraq War ⓘ
Iraq → conflict → Iran–Iraq War ⓘ
Saddam Hussein → knownFor → Iran–Iraq War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Iraq–Iran War
Saddam Hussein → conflict → Iran–Iraq War ⓘ
Islamic world → hasConflict → Iran–Iraq War ⓘ
Scud missiles → usedInConflict → Iran–Iraq War ⓘ
subject surface form: Scud missile
Iran–Iraq War → alsoKnownAs → Iran–Iraq War ⓘ
this entity surface form: First Persian Gulf War
Iran–Iraq War → firstMajorEvent → Iran–Iraq War self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Iraqi invasion of Iran
Iranian Revolution → followedBy → Iran–Iraq War ⓘ
S-75 Dvina (SA-2 Guideline) missile → usedInConflict → Iran–Iraq War ⓘ
subject surface form: S-75 Dvina
Mi-24 → conflict → Iran–Iraq War ⓘ
subject surface form: Mil Mi-24
Su-22 → conflictParticipation → Iran–Iraq War ⓘ
Exocet anti-ship missile → usedInConflict → Iran–Iraq War ⓘ
subject surface form: Exocet
Super Étendard aircraft → usedInConflict → Iran–Iraq War ⓘ
subject surface form: Dassault-Breguet Super Étendard
Basra → historicalEvent → Iran–Iraq War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Iraq–Iran War
Tupolev Tu-16 bomber → usedInConflict → Iran–Iraq War ⓘ
subject surface form: Tupolev Tu-16
Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Iraq Region → keyEvent → Iran–Iraq War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Iraq–Iran War
Iraqi Republican Guard → activeDuring → Iran–Iraq War ⓘ
Iraqi Republican Guard → conflict → Iran–Iraq War ⓘ
southern Iraq → wasBattlefieldIn → Iran–Iraq War ⓘ
subject surface form: Southern Iraq
M48 Patton tank → conflict → Iran–Iraq War ⓘ
M60 Patton tank → usedInConflict → Iran–Iraq War ⓘ
subject surface form: M60 Patton
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 → conflict → Iran–Iraq War ⓘ
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 → conflict → Iran–Iraq War ⓘ
Sukhoi Su-24 → conflicts → Iran–Iraq War ⓘ
Sukhoi Su-25 → conflictParticipatedIn → Iran–Iraq War ⓘ
Shatt al-Arab → wasDisputedIn → Iran–Iraq War ⓘ
Lockheed P-3 Orion → usedDuring → Iran–Iraq War ⓘ
R-300 Elbrus → usedInConflict → Iran–Iraq War ⓘ
R-17 → usedInConflict → Iran–Iraq War ⓘ
Iraqi Army → conflict → Iran–Iraq War ⓘ
Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran → engagedIn → Iran–Iraq War ⓘ
Khorramshahr → historicalEvent → Iran–Iraq War ⓘ
Grumman F-14 Tomcat → conflict → Iran–Iraq War ⓘ
Imposed War → refersTo → Iran–Iraq War ⓘ
Imposed War → appliesToConflict → Iran–Iraq War ⓘ
Imposed War → relatedConcept → Iran–Iraq War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Iraqi invasion of Iran
Imposed War → opposesTerm → Iran–Iraq War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Iraq–Iran War
Sacred Defense → refersTo → Iran–Iraq War ⓘ
Sacred Defense → hasPart → Iran–Iraq War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Iraqi invasion of Iran
Operation Ramadan → conflict → Iran–Iraq War ⓘ
Operation Karbala-5 → conflict → Iran–Iraq War ⓘ
Tanker War → partOf → Iran–Iraq War ⓘ
Tanker War → alsoKnownAs → Iran–Iraq War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tanker War phase of the Iran–Iraq War
United Nations Security Council Resolution 598 → conflictAddressed → Iran–Iraq War ⓘ
War of the Cities → partOf → Iran–Iraq War ⓘ
1975 Algiers Agreement → relatedToConflict → Iran–Iraq War ⓘ
1975 Algiers Agreement → preceded → Iran–Iraq War ⓘ
Patrick Cockburn → coveredConflict → Iran–Iraq War ⓘ
AK-47 → usedInConflict → Iran–Iraq War ⓘ