 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Makore mashanu gare gare, musi wa17 Gunyana 1980, Iraq yakadzima Chibvumirano cheAlgiers mushure mekunge Iran yapfura nzvimbo dzinoverengeka dzemuganho musi wa4 Gunyana zvichitevera Shanduko yeIran ya1979, iyo yakadzinga Shah uye ikamisa hutongi hweIslam. Purezidhendi weIraq Saddam Hussein akataura kuti Islamic Republic of Iran ichangobva kugadzwa yakanga yaramba kutevedzera zvinorehwa neAlgiers Agreements uye, naizvozvo, Iraq yakafunga kuti yakanga isina maturo. Kunetsana kwakatanga kukwira pakati penyika mbiri sezvo bato reBaath rinotonga reIraq rakatya kuti Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini akanga achiedza kutumira Shanduko yeIran kuIraq nokukurudzira vagari vayo veShia-vazhinji kuti vapandukire hurumende yeSecular. Mazuva mashanu gare gare, mauto eIraq akatanga kurwisa kukuru ndokupinda muIran, zvichikonzera Hondo yeIran neIraq. 