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What are the causes of Iran-Iraq War in 1980-1988?
Iraq wanted the 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 War(1980-1988). Oil !
It had two names
-The Gulf war
-The desert storm
Began in September 1980 and finished in 1988
It was one of the most bloodiest and most destructive wars since WW2
almost half of the world was supporting Iraq(directly or not) in their invasion while Iran was only depending on its own manpower and per-revoution weapons.