Who started the Iran-Iraq war in 1980?

Answer 1

Saddam's failed all of his major plans, and this in itself is an Iranian victory. However, due to the fact that Iran failed its objective of overthrowing Saddam's regime, the war ended in a stalemate.

When looking at the severe military advantage of Iraq, backed by every superpower in the world including the US and the USSR, and Iran's (who had just experienced a harsh revolution that resulted in the almost complete destruction of Iranian military leadership due to internal purges by the Ayatollah) severe disadvantage, it's a miracle that Iran not only managed to push out the Iraqis in a matter of two years, but also push into Iraqi territory. Iran's use of its superior quality American weaponry combined with its highly mobile battle tactics surprised Iraq's forces. Near the end of the war both countries were resorting more and more to long range ballistic missiles, a time known as the "war of the cities" which resulted in many civilian casualties. Iran's use of child soldiers was common due to the regime earlier unwisely dismantling most of its military out of fear of a coup.

Officially there "nobody winner" since Iran asked Iraq for a cease fire. In body count Iraq would be the winner since Saddam was a unstoppable force in the Iraq-Iran war and gassed and killed many thousands of Iranians. While at the same time gassing and killing people he deemed enemies of the state. When he succeeded in killing hundreds of thousands of enemies of the state he turned his entire military force towards Iran and shortly after they asked Saddam for a cease fire. Saddam declared the war a victory at home and created a large war memorial, complete with a very large pile of Iranian helmets.

Answer 2

The Persian Gulf War was won by the Gulf Coalition; a large alliance of oil-producing and oil-consuming countries. Its objective was to expel Iraqi forces from Kuwait and protect Saudi Arabia and other Gulf States from Iraqi invasion. These objectives were achieved.
America. We freed Kuwait from Iraqi invasion forces intended to secure the vast oil riches for Iraq. Over 100,000 Iraqi army deaths, only a little more than 330 American deaths, at least seventy of which are known to have been due to friendly fire.
The coalition/U.S.
Iran

Answer 3

Some of the major causes of the Iran-Iraq War include:

• Iraq's military invasion of Iranian territory on September 22, 1980.
• Oil-rich regions along the border and access to the Persian Gulf.
• Religion: Saddam Hussein was a Secular Sunni and Ruhollah Khomeini was a Fundamentalist (Usuli) Shiite
• Government: Ba'athist State vs. Islamic Republic
• Nationalism / Power
• The two countries had a long history of border disputes, going right back to when the countries were the kingdoms of Mesopotamia (modern Iraq) and Persia (Iran).
• Iraq wanted the new and unstable Iranian government to fall.
• Saddam Hussein sought domination of the Middle East.
• Radical Islam threatened to spread into Iraq from Iran.
• Territorial disputes between Iran & Iraq.
• Iraq was aiming to replace Iran as the dominant Persian Gulf state
• Saddam Hussein wanted to annex the Ahwaz Arabs (who were under Persian Occupation in Iran)

Answer 4

Iraq did not win the Iran-Iraq war in the 1980s. The war resulted in a stalemate.

Answer 5

Iraq was trying to acquire the oil-rich Iranian province of Khuzestan which has an Arab ethnic majority. Iran invaded Iraq in response with no particular piece of land in mind.

Answer 6

They both did. They fought each other from 1980-1988 in the Iran-Iraq War.

Answer 7

The Iranian Revolution was a bloodless governmental overthrow. It was not a war.