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Map showing the major areas of fighting during the Iran–Iraq War (1980–1988) The border was challenged by Iran in 1934 at the League of Nations, with the validity of both the Treaty of Erzurum and the Constantinople Protocol being called into question. [8]
Iran has international borders with 13 sovereign countries, both on land and sea. It has a total of 5,894 kilometres (3,662 mi) land borders with Iraq, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. [1]
Sign marking the 31st parallel north at Cape Sata, Japan In the United States, the 31st parallel defines part of the border between Mississippi and Louisiana, and part of the border between Alabama and Florida. The 31st parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 31 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane.
Shalamcheh (Persian: شَلَمچه) is a town located in Khuzestan province, Iran.It is situated on the border with Iraq, north-west of Abadan.The town was one of the main sites of invasion of Saddam Hussein's Iraq in the Iran–Iraq War.
These borders extend for more than 2,000 kilometres (1,200 mi), including nearly 650 kilometres (400 mi) of water along the southern shore of the Caspian Sea. Iran's western borders are with Turkey in the north and Iraq in the south, terminating at the Arvand Rud.
Iraq nevertheless reinstated its claims to Bubiyan and Warbah islands in 1973, massing troops at the border. During the 1980-88 Iran–Iraq War, Iraq pressed for a long-term lease to the islands in order to improve its access to the Persian Gulf and its strategic position. Although Kuwait rebuffed Iraq, relations continued to be strained by ...
Iran–Iraq border crossings (6 P) P. Persian Gulf (13 C, 33 P) Pages in category "Iran–Iraq border" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total.
[3] [7] The border was then demarcated on the ground in 1927. [3] Generally cordial, relations between Iraq and Turkey became strained following the Gulf War (1990–91); this resulted in an autonomous Kurdish area being established in northern Iraq which provided sanctuary for Kurdish guerrillas operating in the south-east Turkey. [8]