 Rambai muchinyora ndima iyi - Kuputika kweHondo yeIran neIraq muna September, 1980 kwakapa maSoviet chinetso sezvo vaida kuva shamwari nemativi ose ari maviri. Shanduko yeIran ya1979rakanga raparadza Shah, mubatsiri anokosha weU.S.A. muMiddle East. Chimiro chitsva cheIran chokurwisana neAmerica chakapa USSR mukana wendarama wokukunda nyika yacho kuti ive musasa weSoviet. Asi hondo pakati peIraq neIran yakaita kuti zvinhu zviome. Iraq yakanga yave iri shamwari yepedyo zvikuru yeSoviets kubvira muna 1958 uye muna 1972, USSR neIraq dzakanga dzasaina Chibvumirano cheUshamwari neKushandira pamwe umo nyika dzose dziri mbiri dzakapikira kubetserana padzinotyisidzirwa uye kudzivisa kupinda muzvibvumirano zvinopesana. Iraq, pamwe chete neSyria nePLO, yakanga yatsiva Ijipiti semubatanidzwa mukuru weSoviet mudunhu iri mushure mekunge Mutungamiri weEjipitori Anwar Sadat abatana neUSA, uye vakaziva Israeri muna 1977 uye vakaita chibvumirano cherunyararo muna 1979. Muna 1967, Iraq yakasaina chibvumirano neUSSR chokupa rudzi rwacho mafuta mukutsinhana nokuwana kukuru zvombo zveEastern Bloc. VaSoviet havana kufara nechiito cheIraq chokurwisa Iran, kunyange zvazvo vakadzivisa kupa rutongeso rwepamutemo. Vakanga vasingadi kugovera Iraq nezvombo zvakawanda kunyange zvazvo vakabvumira shamwari dzavo dzeWarsaw Pact kupfuurira kuita saizvozvo. Panguva imwe cheteyo, USSR yakaedza kufadza Iran uye yakapa kutengesa zvombo kuvaIranians, chibvumirano cheushamwari chakarambwa neTehran, nemhaka yokusavimba kwayo kwenhau kweRussia neSoviet Union. Kunyange zvakadaro, shamwari dzeUSSR, Libya neSyria, dzakatengesa zvombo kuvaIran, zvichida nemvumo yeSoviet. VaSoviet vainetsekawo kuti vanhu vokuMadokero vaizoita sei kana vakasarudza kutsigira Iraq kana kuti Iran. Chiito chakaoma kunzwisisa chokuedza kuchengeta ukama hwakanaka neIran neIraq chakaita kuti USSR itarisire mutemo wekusava nedivi zvachose mukati mematanho okutanga ehondo uku ichidana rugare rwunotaurirana. 