<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> Iran <P> KDP PUK ISCI </P> Support : ( show ) <Ul> <Li> Islamic Dawa Party </Li> <Li> Syria </Li> <Li> China </Li> <Li> North Korea </Li> <Li> Libya </Li> <Li> Israel </Li> <Li> United States : Iran -- Contra affair </Li> <Li> ( For other forms of foreign support , see here ) </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> Iraq <P> PMOI DRFLA KDPI Sudan </P> Support : ( show ) <Ul> <Li> Soviet Union </Li> <Li> China </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> Mostafa Chamran ( Minister of Defence , KIA in 1981 ) </Li> <Li> Valiollah Fallahi , General ( Chief of Staff , killed in plane crash in 1981 ) </Li> <Li> Qasem - Ali Zahirnejad , General ( Chief of Staff ) </Li> <Li> Mohsen Rezaee ( Commander of IRGC ) </Li> <Li> Ali Sayyad Shirazi , Colonel ( Commander of Army ) </Li> <Li> Javad Fakoori , General ( Commander of Air Force , killed in plane crash in 1981 ) </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 )
<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> Iran <P> KDP PUK ISCI </P> Support : ( show ) <Ul> <Li> Islamic Dawa Party </Li> <Li> Syria </Li> <Li> China </Li> <Li> North Korea </Li> <Li> Libya </Li> <Li> Israel </Li> <Li> United States : Iran -- Contra affair </Li> <Li> ( For other forms of foreign support , see here ) </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> Iraq <P> PMOI DRFLA KDPI Sudan </P> Support : ( show ) <Ul> <Li> Soviet Union </Li> <Li> China </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> Mostafa Chamran ( Minister of Defence , KIA in 1981 ) </Li> <Li> Valiollah Fallahi , General ( Chief of Staff , killed in plane crash in 1981 ) </Li> <Li> Qasem - Ali Zahirnejad , General ( Chief of Staff ) </Li> <Li> Mohsen Rezaee ( Commander of IRGC ) </Li> <Li> Ali Sayyad Shirazi , Colonel ( Commander of Army ) </Li> <Li> Javad Fakoori , General ( Commander of Air Force , killed in plane crash in 1981 ) </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 )
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