<Table> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Iran -- Iraq War </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Part of the Persian Gulf conflicts </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Participation of child soldiers on Iranian front ( top left ) ; Iranian soldier wearing a gas mask ( top right ) ; Port quarter view of USS Stark listing to port after being mistakenly struck by an Iraqi warplane ( middle left ) ; Pro-Iraq PMOI forces killed in Operation Mersad ( middle right ) ; Iraqi prisoners of war after the re-capture of Khorramshahr by Iranians ( below left ) ; ZU - 23 - 2 being used by the Iranian Army ( below right ) . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Date </Th> <Td> 22 September 1980 -- 20 August 1988 ( 7 years , 10 months , 4 weeks and 1 day ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Location </Th> <Td> Iran , Iraq , Persian Gulf </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Result </Th> <Td> <P> Stalemate ; both sides claim victory </P> <Ul> <Li> Iraqi failure to annex Iranian territories and bolster Arab separatism in Khuzestan Province of Iran </Li> <Li> Iranian failure to topple Saddam Hussein and destroy Iraqi military power as well as inspire sectarian divide in Iraq </Li> <Li> United Nations Security Council Resolution 598 </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Territorial changes </Th> <Td> `` Status quo ante bellum '' ; observed by United Nations Iran -- Iraq Military Observer Group based on United Nations Security Council Resolution 619 </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Belligerents </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <P> Iran KDP PUK ISCI </P> Support : ( show ) <Ul> <Li> Islamic Dawa Party </Li> <Li> Syria </Li> <Li> ( For other forms of foreign support , see here ) </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> <P> Iraq PMOI DRFLA </P> Support : ( show ) <Ul> <Li> Soviet Union </Li> <Li> France </Li> <Li> United States </Li> <Li> United Kingdom </Li> <Li> Saudi Arabia </Li> <Li> Kuwait </Li> <Li> Jordan </Li> <Li> ( For other forms of foreign support , see here ) </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Commanders and leaders </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <P> Ruhollah Khomeini ( Supreme Leader of Iran ) </P> Others : ( show ) <Ul> <Li> Abulhassan Banisadr ( President of Iran , initially the commander - in - chief , impeached and ousted in 1981 ) </Li> <Li> Mohammad - Ali Rajai ( President of Iran , assassinated in 1981 ) </Li> <Li> Ali Khamenei ( President of Iran ) </Li> <Li> Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani ( Head of Parliament and member of Supreme National Defence Council , lately the commander - in - chief ) </Li> <Li> Mohammad - Javad Bahonar ( Prime Minister of Iran , assassinated in 1981 ) </Li> <Li> Mir - Hossein Mousavi ( Prime Minister of Iran ) </Li> <Li> Valiollah Fallahi , Brig. Gen . ( Chief of Staff , killed in plane crash in 1981 ) </Li> <Li> Qasem - Ali Zahirnejad , Brig. Gen . ( Chief of Staff ) </Li> <Li> Esmaeil Sohrabi , Colonel ( Chief of Staff ) </Li> <Li> Ali Shahbazi , Brig. Gen . ( Chief of Staff ) </Li> <Li> Mohsen Rezaee ( Commander of IRGC ) </Li> <Li> Massoud Barzani ( Leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party ) </Li> <Li> Jalal Talabani ( Leader of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan ) </Li> <Li> Chenar Faraj ( Leader of the Peshmerga ) </Li> <Li> Nawshirwan Mustafa ( Deputy Secretary General of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan ) </Li> <Li> Mohammed Baqir al - Hakim ( Leader of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq ) </Li> <Li> Abdul Aziz al - Hakim ( Leader of the ISCI Military Wing ) </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> <P> Saddam Hussein ( President of Iraq ) </P> Others : ( show ) <Ul> <Li> Ali Hassan al - Majid ( General and Iraqi Intelligence Service head ) </Li> <Li> Taha Yassin Ramadan ( General and Deputy Party Secretary ) </Li> <Li> Izzat Ibrahim ad - Douri ( Deputy chairman , Revolutionary Command Council ) </Li> <Li> Abid Hamid Mahmud ( Lieutenant General ) </Li> <Li> Salah Aboud Mahmoud ( General ) </Li> <Li> Tariq Aziz ( Foreign Minister and Revolutionary Command Council member ) </Li> <Li> Adnan Khairallah ( Minister of Defence ) </Li> <Li> Saddam Kamel ( Republican Guard commander ) </Li> <Li> Uday Hussein ( Son of Saddam Hussein ) </Li> <Li> Qusay Hussein ( Son of Saddam Hussein ) </Li> <Li> Maher Abd al - Rashid ( General ) </Li> <Li> Abdul Rahman Ghassemlou ( Leader of the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan ) </Li> <Li> Massoud Rajavi ( President of the National Council of Resistance of Iran ) </Li> <Li> Maryam
<Table> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Iran -- Iraq War </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Part of the Persian Gulf conflicts </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Participation of child soldiers on Iranian front ( top left ) ; Iranian soldier wearing a gas mask ( top right ) ; Port quarter view of USS Stark listing to port after being mistakenly struck by an Iraqi warplane ( middle left ) ; Pro-Iraq PMOI forces killed in Operation Mersad ( middle right ) ; Iraqi prisoners of war after the re-capture of Khorramshahr by Iranians ( below left ) ; ZU - 23 - 2 being used by the Iranian Army ( below right ) . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Date </Th> <Td> 22 September 1980 -- 20 August 1988 ( 7 years , 10 months , 4 weeks and 1 day ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Location </Th> <Td> Iran , Iraq , Persian Gulf </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Result </Th> <Td> <P> Stalemate ; both sides claim victory </P> <Ul> <Li> Iraqi failure to annex Iranian territories and bolster Arab separatism in Khuzestan Province of Iran </Li> <Li> Iranian failure to topple Saddam Hussein and destroy Iraqi military power as well as inspire sectarian divide in Iraq </Li> <Li> United Nations Security Council Resolution 598 </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Territorial changes </Th> <Td> `` Status quo ante bellum '' ; observed by United Nations Iran -- Iraq Military Observer Group based on United Nations Security Council Resolution 619 </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Belligerents </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <P> Iran KDP PUK ISCI </P> Support : ( show ) <Ul> <Li> Islamic Dawa Party </Li> <Li> Syria </Li> <Li> ( For other forms of foreign support , see here ) </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> <P> Iraq PMOI DRFLA </P> Support : ( show ) <Ul> <Li> Soviet Union </Li> <Li> France </Li> <Li> United States </Li> <Li> United Kingdom </Li> <Li> Saudi Arabia </Li> <Li> Kuwait </Li> <Li> Jordan </Li> <Li> ( For other forms of foreign support , see here ) </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Commanders and leaders </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <P> Ruhollah Khomeini ( Supreme Leader of Iran ) </P> Others : ( show ) <Ul> <Li> Abulhassan Banisadr ( President of Iran , initially the commander - in - chief , impeached and ousted in 1981 ) </Li> <Li> Mohammad - Ali Rajai ( President of Iran , assassinated in 1981 ) </Li> <Li> Ali Khamenei ( President of Iran ) </Li> <Li> Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani ( Head of Parliament and member of Supreme National Defence Council , lately the commander - in - chief ) </Li> <Li> Mohammad - Javad Bahonar ( Prime Minister of Iran , assassinated in 1981 ) </Li> <Li> Mir - Hossein Mousavi ( Prime Minister of Iran ) </Li> <Li> Valiollah Fallahi , Brig. Gen . ( Chief of Staff , killed in plane crash in 1981 ) </Li> <Li> Qasem - Ali Zahirnejad , Brig. Gen . ( Chief of Staff ) </Li> <Li> Esmaeil Sohrabi , Colonel ( Chief of Staff ) </Li> <Li> Ali Shahbazi , Brig. Gen . ( Chief of Staff ) </Li> <Li> Mohsen Rezaee ( Commander of IRGC ) </Li> <Li> Massoud Barzani ( Leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party ) </Li> <Li> Jalal Talabani ( Leader of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan ) </Li> <Li> Chenar Faraj ( Leader of the Peshmerga ) </Li> <Li> Nawshirwan Mustafa ( Deputy Secretary General of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan ) </Li> <Li> Mohammed Baqir al - Hakim ( Leader of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq ) </Li> <Li> Abdul Aziz al - Hakim ( Leader of the ISCI Military Wing ) </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> <P> Saddam Hussein ( President of Iraq ) </P> Others : ( show ) <Ul> <Li> Ali Hassan al - Majid ( General and Iraqi Intelligence Service head ) </Li> <Li> Taha Yassin Ramadan ( General and Deputy Party Secretary ) </Li> <Li> Izzat Ibrahim ad - Douri ( Deputy chairman , Revolutionary Command Council ) </Li> <Li> Abid Hamid Mahmud ( Lieutenant General ) </Li> <Li> Salah Aboud Mahmoud ( General ) </Li> <Li> Tariq Aziz ( Foreign Minister and Revolutionary Command Council member ) </Li> <Li> Adnan Khairallah ( Minister of Defence ) </Li> <Li> Saddam Kamel ( Republican Guard commander ) </Li> <Li> Uday Hussein ( Son of Saddam Hussein ) </Li> <Li> Qusay Hussein ( Son of Saddam Hussein ) </Li> <Li> Maher Abd al - Rashid ( General ) </Li> <Li> Abdul Rahman Ghassemlou ( Leader of the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan ) </Li> <Li> Massoud Rajavi ( President of the National Council of Resistance of Iran ) </Li> <Li> Maryam
what was the outcome of the iran iraq war
what was the outcome of the iran iraq war
Iraqi failure to annex Iranian territories and bolster Arab separatism in Khuzestan Province of Iran Iranian failure to topple Saddam Hussein and destroy Iraqi military power as well as inspire sectarian divide in Iraq United Nations Security Council Resolution 598
Iraqi failure to annex Iranian territories and bolster Arab separatism in Khuzestan Province of Iran Iranian failure to topple Saddam Hussein and destroy Iraqi military power as well as inspire sectarian divide in Iraq United Nations Security Council Resolution 598