Krieg Iran - Irak

Sep 25, 1980 - Khorramshahr, Iran - Iran-Iraq War, armed conflict that began when Iraq invaded Iran in September 1980 and ended in August 1988 after both sides accepted a cease-fire sponsored by the United Nations (UN). The war was one of the longest and most destructive of the 20th century, with likely more than one million casualties. Despite the conflict's length and cost, neither Iran nor Iraq made significant territorial or political gains, and the fundamental issues dividing the countries remained unresolved at the end of the war. PICTURED: Iranian soldier during a prayer

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Accepted Casualties Cease-fire Cost Despite Destructive Dividing Ended Fundamental Gains Invaded Iran Iranian Iraq Likely Longest Neither Remained Significant Sponsored Territorial Unresolved

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