 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Mukutanga kwema1970 Sultan weOman airwa neDhofar Rebellionvachitsigirwa neBritain. Somugumisiro wezvirongwa zveSultan Qaboos zvekudyidzana nedzimwe nyika, Shah akatumira boka revarwi vanosvika chiuru nemazana maviri nemazana maviri uye neherikoputa dzayo kuti vabatsire mauto eSultan muna 1973. Boka reIran rakatanga rakachengetedza mugwagwa weSalalah-Thumrait. Muna 1974, mupiro weIran wakawedzerwa muImperial Iranian Task Force, nhamba ye4,000. Vakaedza kumisikidza imwe tambo yekudzivirira, yakatumidzwa zita rekuti Damavand Line, ichimhanya kubva ku Manston, mamaira mashoma kumabvazuva kweSarfait, kuenda kumahombekombe padyo nemuganhu neSouth Yemen PDRY. Kurwisa kukuru kwevapanduki, kwaisanganisira kupfura kwezvombo kubva mukati meSouth Yemen, kwakatadzisa chinangwa ichi kwemwedzi inoverengeka. Pakupedzisira, taundi reRahkyut, iro PFLO yakanga yagara kwenguva refu riri guta guru renzvimbo yavo yakasunungurwa, rakawira kuboka rebasa reIran. IITF yakaramba iri muOman muna December 1975, ipapo ine simba re3.000. 