 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kutevera kubviswa kwaShahmuna 1979, uto rezvemhepo rakatumidzwa zita rekuti Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force IRIAF uye hurumende yeInterim yeIran yakabvisa maodha mazhinji ezvombo zveWestern. Muna 1980, Iranian F-14 akapfura pasi Iraqi Mil Mi-25 neherikoputa nokuda kwayo yokutanga mhepo-kuti-mhepo kuuraya panguva Iran-Iraq War 1980-1988. Maererano nokutsvakurudza kwakaitwa naTom Cooper, Iranian F-14s scored at least 50 air-to-air victories in the first six months of the war against Iraqi MiG-21s, MiG-23s, and some Su-20s22s. Munguva imwe chete iyoyo, imwe chete F-14 yeIran yakakuvadzwa mushure mekurohwa nemarara kubva kuMig-21 iri pedyo yakaputika. 