 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mushure mekudzinga al-Bakr muna 1979, Saddam akamutsiva zviri pamutemo semutungamiri wechishanu weIraq, Sachigaro weRevolutionary Command Council, pamwe neMutungamiriri wehurumende uye Secretary General weRegional Command yeBaath Party. Kutora simba kwaSaddam kwakaitika mukati medutu rezviratidziro zvinorwisana nehurumende muIraq, izvo zvaitungamirirwa nevaShia. Bato reBaath, iro rakanga risina kubatana nechitendero, rakadzvinyirira zvakasimba kuratidzira kwacho. Imwe shanduko yemitemo panguva iyi yaive mumutemo wekunze weIraq wakanangana neIran, nyika ine maShia mazhinji iyo yakanga ichangobva kuita shanduko huruiyo yakadzinga Shah, Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, ndokutanga hurumende yechiIslam inotungamirirwa navakuru veShia naRuhollah Khomeini vachishanda soMutungamiriri Mukuru wayo. Kushatisa ukama nokukurumidza pakupedzisira kwakatungamirira kuIran-Iraq Hondo muna 1980, iyo yakatanga pashure pokupinda kweIraq muIran muna September 1980. Mushure me 1979 Islamic Revolution, hutungamiri hweIraq hwakatenda kuti nyonganiso yepashure peshanduko yakakonzera kuti maIran ave asina kusimba muchiuto, uye nekudaro chinangwa chiri nyore chemauto eIraq, ayo kusvika panguva ino aive achinetseka kurwisa mauto eIran pasi paShah. Pfungwa iyi yakabvumikisa kuva isina kururama, uye hondo yakatora makore masere. Hupfumi hweIraq hwakaderera munguva iyi, uye nyika yakava yakazvimiririra nezvikwereti zvekunze kuti iwane mari yehondo yayo. Kurwisana kwacho kwakaguma kwava kusafamba zvakanaka apo rugare rwakanga rwavimbiswa neUnited Nations Security Council rwakagamuchirwa nemativi ose ari maviri muna 1988, izvo zvakaguma nechinhu chaimbovapo kare. 