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Iran–Iraq relations have been turbulent since the Iran–Iraq War began in 1988. They have improved since the fall of Saddam Hussein in 2003. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was the first Iranian president to visit Iraq since Iran's 1979 Islamic revolution. Iran has an embassy in Baghdad and three consulates-general, in Sulaimaniya, Erbil, and Karbala.
Conflict Iran (and allies) Opponents Results Notes Elam Kingdom (3200–539 BC) Elamite invasion of Sumer [1] (Circa 2600 BC) Awan Elam: Sumer. Ur; Victory: Deposition of Balulu, end of First Dynasty of Ur and stablish of Elamyte dynasty.
[5] Iran could find allies in Arab world comprising Syria, Lebanon, Kuwait and Iraq. On the other hand, Saudi Arabia, Jordan and United Arab Emirates united against Iran, with support from the United States. Other Arab countries continued to have normal relations with Iran.
Iran and Saudi Arabia support different sides in the Yemeni Civil War, [48] with Saudi Arabia supporting the Yemeni government while Iran supports the Houthi rebels. [49] Iran has heavily criticized Saudi Arabia for their intervention in the Houthi insurgency in Yemen. In 2017 Saudi Prince Mohammed bin Salman called the supreme leader of Iran ...
Military alliances shortly before World War I. Germany and the Ottoman Empire allied after the outbreak of war.. This is the list of military alliances.A military alliance is a formal agreement between two or more parties concerning national security in which the contracting parties agree to mutual protection and support in case of a crisis that has not been identified in advance.
During a meeting with Cuban president Miguel Díaz-Canel in December 2023, Khamenei said that the political and economic potentials of Iran and Cuba should be used to form a coalition against the "bullying" of United States and its Western allies, in order to adopt a "common and effective position" on important global issues such as the ...
Iran and Saudi Arabia have waged a proxy war in Libya, with Saudi Arabia, [490] along with the U.A.E, [491] Egypt, and Sudan, have provided support to the Libyan National Army, and its leader warlord Khalifa Haftar. Iran, Qatar, and Turkey support the Government of National Accord and other Islamist forces in the country.
Iran uses Hezbollah as a proxy within Syria, using them to attack enemies such as Israel, [248] Turkey, [249] and rebels. [250] Iran and Hezbollah have both also created, funded, and armed several paramilitaries and militias within Syria loyal to the Assad Regime, [ 251 ] as well as overseeing the involvement of other militias from Iraq , [ 252 ...