Iran–Iraq border region

E503952
border region contested territory

The Iran–Iraq border region is a historically contested and strategically vital frontier zone between Iran and Iraq, marked by ethnic diversity, oil resources, and the site of intense conflict during the Iran–Iraq War.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Iran–Iraq border 3
Iran–Iraq border area 2
Iraq–Iran border region 1

Statements (59)

Predicate Object
instanceOf border region ⓘ
contested territory ⓘ
borderFollows Arvand Rud NERFINISHED ⓘ
Shatt al-Arab NERFINISHED ⓘ
Zagros Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflictEndYear 1988 ⓘ
conflictStartYear 1980 ⓘ
containsBattlefield Battle of Khorramshahr NERFINISHED ⓘ
Operation Karbala-5 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Operation Ramadan NERFINISHED ⓘ
containsCity Abadan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ahvaz NERFINISHED ⓘ
Basra NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dezful NERFINISHED ⓘ
Khorramshahr NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mandali NERFINISHED ⓘ
Marivan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Qasr-e Shirin NERFINISHED ⓘ
containsGovernorate Basra Governorate NERFINISHED ⓘ
Diyala Governorate NERFINISHED ⓘ
Erbil Governorate NERFINISHED ⓘ
Maysan Governorate NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sulaymaniyah Governorate NERFINISHED ⓘ
Wasit Governorate NERFINISHED ⓘ
containsInfrastructure oil fields ⓘ
pipelines ⓘ
ports ⓘ
containsNaturalResource crude oil ⓘ
natural gas ⓘ
containsProvince Ilam Province NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kermanshah Province NERFINISHED ⓘ
Khuzestan Province NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kurdistan Province NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryBorderBetween Iran NERFINISHED ⓘ
Iraq NERFINISHED ⓘ
governedByTreaty Algiers Agreement 1975 NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasBorderType land border ⓘ
river border ⓘ
hasDisputeOver Shatt al-Arab waterway NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasEthnicGroup Arabs NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kurds NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lurs NERFINISHED ⓘ
Persians NERFINISHED ⓘ
Turkmens ⓘ
hasReligiousCommunity Shia Muslims NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sunni Muslims NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasSecurityIssue cross-border smuggling ⓘ
militant activity ⓘ
refugee flows ⓘ
hasStrategicImportanceFor control of oil exports ⓘ
maritime access to Persian Gulf ⓘ
hasTerrain desert ⓘ
marshland ⓘ
mountainous ⓘ
riverine ⓘ
lengthApproxKm 1458 ⓘ
partOf Middle East NERFINISHED ⓘ
Southwest Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ
wasMajorTheaterOf Iran–Iraq War NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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

Khorramshahr → partOf → Iran–Iraq border region ⓘ
1975 Algiers Agreement → subject → Iran–Iraq border region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Iran–Iraq border
Eastern Iraq → bordersFeature → Iran–Iraq border region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Iran–Iraq border
Hawizeh Marshes → locatedIn → Iran–Iraq border region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Iraq–Iran border region
Arvand Rud → borderSectionOf → Iran–Iraq border region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Iran–Iraq border
Arvand Rud → partOfDisputedRegion → Iran–Iraq border region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Iran–Iraq border area
Lower Zab → borderRegion → Iran–Iraq border region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Iran–Iraq border area