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Iran-Iraq War - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | The war began when Iraq invaded Iran on 22 September 1980 following a long history of border disputes, demands for the overthrow of Saddam Hussein's regime, and secret encouragement by the US administration (Jimmy Carter, conveyed through Saudi Arabia) which was embroiled in a dispute with the new regime in Iran. |
| | Iraq launched a full-scale invasion of Iran on September 22, 1980, claiming as a pretext, an Iranian assassination attempt on Foreign Minister Tariq Aziz. |
| | Upon invading Iran on 22 September 1980, then-Iraqi President Saddām Hussein boasted he would be in Tehran in 3 days. |
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