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The relationship between the governments of Iran and Iraq briefly improved in 1978, when Iranian agents in Iraq discovered plans for a pro-Soviet coup d'état against Iraq's government. When informed of this plot, Saddam ordered the execution of dozens of his army's officers and in a sign of reconciliation, expelled Ruhollah Khomeini , an ...
In January 2002, one year before the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, bilateral relations between Iran and Iraq improved significantly when an Iranian delegation, led by Amir Hussein Zamani, visited Iraq for final negotiations to resolve the conflict through talks on issues of prisoners of war and those who went missing in action during the Iran ...
During the 1991 Gulf War, seven Su-25s had been flown by the Iraqi air force to Iran as a temporary safe haven, and Iran had kept them since; ironically, some of them may now have returned to Iraq. [53]) On 5 July, Quds Force pilot Shojaat Alamdari was killed in Samarra, probably working there as a forward air controller. [15]
United Nations Security Council resolution 598 S/RES/0598 (1987), (UNSC resolution 598) [1] adopted unanimously on 20 July 1987, [2] after recalling Resolution 582 and 588, called for an immediate ceasefire between Iran and Iraq and the repatriation of prisoners of war, and for both sides to withdraw to the international border.
The 2023 Security Treaty between Iran and Iraq was a treaty signed on 19 March 2023 in Baghdad by representatives of Iran and Iraq. [1] Under the terms of the security agreement, Iraq pledged it would not allow militant groups to use its territory in the Iraqi Kurdish region to launch any border-crossing attacks on areas close to Iran's borders. [2]
The relationship between the governments of Iran and Iraq briefly improved in 1978, when Iranian agents in Iraq discovered plans for a pro-Soviet coup d'état against Iraq's government. When informed of this plot, Saddam ordered the execution of dozens of his army's officers, and in a sign of reconciliation, expelled from Iraq Ruhollah Khomeini ...
Although the majority of Alevis in Turkey embraced secular values, were loyal to Turkey, and supported the Republican People's Party, Iran attempted to grow its influence over Alevis, while also attempting to convert them into the mainstream Twelver Shi'ism practiced in Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Bahrain, and Azerbaijan. Some Turkish Alevi ...
During the Iran–Iraq War, both Iran and Iraq received large quantities of weapons. The Iraqi army was reinforced during the years 1980-1988 by secret shipments of American-made weapons. In fact, Washington played a very influential role in the course of the Iran-Iraq War. [1]