 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muma1980, matambudziko emari anokonzerwa nemari yakawanda muhondo yeIran-Iraquye kukuvadzwa kwenzvimbo dzekutengesa mafuta neIran zvakaita kuti hurumende yeBaathist ishandise matanho ekuderedza mari, kukwereta zvakanyanya, uye gare gare kugadzirisa zvikwereti zvekunze; Iraq yakatambura kurasikirwa kwehupfumi kweinosvika madhora makumi masere emadhora kubva kuhondo. Mushure mekuguma kwehondo, muna 1988, kutengeswa kwemafuta kwakawedzera zvishoma nezvishoma nekuvakwa kwemapaipi matsva uye kudzoreredzwa kwezvinhu zvakakanganiswa, asi zvakare yakadzikira zvakanyanya mushure meHondo yePersian Gulf, ichidonha kusvika pachikamu chimwe chete muzvitanhatu cheiyo 1980 GDP uye ichiramba ichiderera pasi pezvibvumirano zvepasi rose zvepashure pehondo kudzamara yagamuchira rubatsiro kubva kuUN-Oil-for-Food Programme muna 1997. 