Dawa supported the Islamic Revolution in Iran and in turn received support from the Iranian government . During the Iran – Iraq War , Iran backed a Dawa insurgency against Saddam Hussein 's Ba'athist government in Iraq . In 1979 , Dawa moved its headquarters to Tehran , the capital of Iran . It bombed the Iraqi Embassy in Beirut in December 1981 , the first of its international attacks . Dawa party was thought to have been behind the bombing of the US embassy in Kuwait as well as other installations as punishment of Kuwait , America and France 's military and financial assistance to Iraq in its war against Iran ( see 1983 Kuwait bombings ) . One of those convicted for the bombing was Jamal Jafaar Mohammed , a member of Iraq 's parliament and military commander of the Popular Mobilization Forces
1983 Kuwait bombings
1983 Kuwait bombings
Islamic Dawa Party