<P> The Iran -- Iraq War was an armed conflict between Iran and Iraq , beginning on 22 September 1980 , when Iraq invaded Iran , and ending on 20 August 1988 , when Iran accepted the UN-brokered ceasefire . Iraq wanted to replace Iran as the dominant Persian Gulf state , and was worried that the 1979 Iranian Revolution would lead Iraq 's Shi'ite majority to rebel against the Ba'athist government . The war also followed a long history of border disputes , and Iraq planned to annex the oil - rich Khuzestan Province and the east bank of the Shatt al - Arab ( Arvand Rud ) . </P>
<P> The Iran -- Iraq War was an armed conflict between Iran and Iraq , beginning on 22 September 1980 , when Iraq invaded Iran , and ending on 20 August 1988 , when Iran accepted the UN-brokered ceasefire . Iraq wanted to replace Iran as the dominant Persian Gulf state , and was worried that the 1979 Iranian Revolution would lead Iraq 's Shi'ite majority to rebel against the Ba'athist government . The war also followed a long history of border disputes , and Iraq planned to annex the oil - rich Khuzestan Province and the east bank of the Shatt al - Arab ( Arvand Rud ) . </P>
who was involved in the iran iraq war
who was involved in the iran iraq war
Iran Iraq
Iran Iraq