 Iraq yakaratidza kusava nechido mukuzadzisa zvibvumirano zviripo neIran - kunyanya mushure mekufa kweMutungamiri weEgypt Gamal Abdel Nasser muna 1970 uye kusimuka kweBaath Party yeIraq iyo yakatora simba muna 1968 coup, zvichiita kuti Iraq itore chinzvimbo chayo choga chomutungamiri wenyika yeArabhu. Panguva imwe cheteyo, mukupera kwema1960, kuwedzerwa kwesimba reIran pasi paShah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, uyo akanga aenda kunoparadza zvombo, kwakaita kuti Iran itore chimiro chakasimba munharaunda yacho. 