Three Iranian armored Wearing regiments advanced Self_motion towards Iraqi forces that had invaded Attack Iranian territory between the cities of Ahvaz , Susangerd and Dezful .

Three Iranian armored Wearing regiments advanced Self_motion towards Iraqi forces that had invaded Attack Iranian territory between the cities of Ahvaz , Susangerd and Dezful .

The conflict is bound in the political struggle of Iranian leadership against Israel and its declared Expressing_publicly aim to dissolve the Jewish state , with the counter aim Aiming of Israel to prevent Preventing_or_letting nuclear weapons being acquired Getting by the Iranian government and downgrading Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale its allies and proxies such as the Lebanese Hezbollah party .

The conflict is bound in the political struggle of Iranian leadership against Israel and its declared Expressing_publicly aim to dissolve the Jewish state , with the counter aim Aiming of Israel to prevent Preventing_or_letting nuclear weapons being acquired Getting by the Iranian government and downgrading Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale its allies and proxies such as the Lebanese Hezbollah party .

Iranian forces are operating Being_in_operation in Syria in support Supporting of Bashar al-Assad 's government .

The conflict gradually emerged Coming_to_be from the declared Expressing_publicly hostility of post-revolutionary Islamic Republic of Iran towards Israel since 1979 , into covert Iranian support Supporting of Hezbollah during the South Lebanon conflict ( 1985–2000 ) and essentially developed Coming_to_be into a proxy regional conflict from 2005 .

With increasing Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale Iranian involvement in Syria from 2011 , the conflict had shifted Change from proxy warfare into direct confrontation by early 2018 .

In the Syrian Civil War , hoping to bolster its logistics and force projection capabilities in the area , Tehran aims to clear a path from the Iranian capital to Damascus and the Mediterranean coast .

In 2017 , Israeli intelligence discovered Know an Iranian base being built Building in Syria just 50 km from the Israeli border .

In a number of incidents over the course of the Syrian Civil War , Israel has clashed Hostile_encounter with Hezbollah and Iranian forces in the region .

On several occasions , Israel was suspected Suspicion of perpetrating or supporting attacks on Hezbollah and Iranian targets within Syrian territories or Lebanon .

The first incident of this kind took place Process_start on 30 January 2013 , when Israeli aircraft were accused Judgment_communication of allegedly striking Attack a Syrian convoy transporting Sending Iranian weapons to Hezbollah .

Specifically , he was accused Judgment_communication of committing Committing_crime crimes against Iranian citizens with the help Assistance of his secret police .

The failed attempt on April 24 , 1980 resulted in Causation the death Death of one Iranian civilian , and the accidental deaths Death of eight American servicemen after one of the helicopters crashed Catastrophe into a transport aircraft .

These events led Causation the Iranian government to enter negotiations Communication with the U.S. , with Algeria acting as a mediator .

Due to unprecedented Iranian military Military_operation support Supporting to Hezbollah before and during the war Military_operation , some consider Coming_to_believe it the first round of the Iran–Israel proxy conflict Hostile_encounter , rather than a continuation Expansion of the Arab–Israeli conflict Hostile_encounter .

The official justification for the arms shipments was that they were part of an operation to free seven American hostages being held Hold in Lebanon by Hezbollah , a paramilitary group with Iranian ties connected Connect to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps .

The Iranian recipients promised Commitment to do everything in their power to achieve Achieve the release of the hostages .

The plan was later complicated in late 1985 , when Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North of the National Security Council diverted Removing a portion of the proceeds from the Iranian weapon sales to fund Supply the Contras , a group of anti-Sandinista rebels , in their insurgency against the socialist government of Nicaragua .

Operation Praying Mantis was an attack Attack on 18 April 1988 , by U.S. forces within Iranian territorial waters in retaliation for the Iranian mining of the Persian Gulf during the Iran–Iraq War and the subsequent damage Damaging to an American warship .

Operation Praying Mantis was an attack Attack on 18 April 1988 , by U.S. forces within Iranian territorial waters in retaliation for the Iranian mining of the Persian Gulf during the Iran–Iraq War and the subsequent damage Damaging to an American warship .

On 14 April , the guided missile frigate struck Attack a mine while deployed Arranging in the Persian Gulf as part of Operation Earnest Will , the 1987–88 convoy missions in which U.S. warships escorted Sending reflagged Kuwaiti oil tankers to protect Defending them from Iranian attacks Attack .

When the serial numbers were found Know to match those of mines seized along with the `` Iran Ajr '' the previous September , U.S. military officials planned Arranging a retaliatory operation against Iranian targets in the Persian Gulf .

On 6 November 2003 , the International Court of Justice ruled Legal_rulings that `` the actions of the United States of America against Iranian oil platforms on 19 October 1987 ( Operation Nimble Archer ) and 18 April 1988 ( Operation Praying Mantis ) can not be justified Justifying as measures necessary to protect Defending the essential security interests of the United States of America . ''

The first operation , Marne Torch I began Process_start on 16 June 2007 , when Multinational Division Central launched Military_operation offensive operations against Sunni and Shi'ia extremists , as well as insurgents with Iranian influence in the city and surrounding regions of Arab Jabour in Babil province .

For a time , geopolitical events Confronting_problem and natural disasters Catastrophe had strong short-term effects Influence on oil prices Cost , such as North Korean missile tests Testing , the 2006 conflict Hostile_encounter between Israel and Lebanon , worries over Iranian nuclear plans Arranging in 2006 , Hurricane Catastrophe Katrina Catastrophe , and various other factors .

During the spring of 2014 , heavy rain Self_motion and hailstorms Catastrophe struck Attack the Iranian capital of Tehran , surprising Change_sentiment residents and causing Causation traffic jams Filling across the city .

Theophilos with his army confronted Confronting_problem the smaller Muslim army , under the Iranian vassal prince Afshin , at Dazimon .

Protests Judgment_communication against the highly controversial 2009 Iranian presidential election Choosing results ( ) ( a disputed victory Getting by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ) , in support of opposition candidates Mir-Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi , occurred Coming_to_be in major cities nationwide from 2009 into early 2010 .

Protests Judgment_communication against the highly controversial 2009 Iranian presidential election Choosing results ( ) ( a disputed victory Getting by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ) , in support of opposition candidates Mir-Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi , occurred Coming_to_be in major cities nationwide from 2009 into early 2010 .

The protests were titled Iranian Green Movement ( `` Jonbesh-e Sabz '' ) by its proponents , reflecting Mousavi 's campaign theme , and Persian Awakening , Persian Spring or Green Revolution , reflecting the `` Persian identity '' of Iranians and the so-called `` colour revolution '' theme .

The Iranian government confirmed Check the deaths Death of 36 people during the protests , while unconfirmed reports Reporting by Mousavi supporters allege Statement at least 72 deaths Death ( over twice as many ) in the three months following the election Choosing .

Iranian authorities closed Process_end universities in Tehran , blocked Hiding_objects websites , cutoff Removing mobile signals and banned Preventing_or_letting rallies .

The creation Creating of the Iranian Green Movement developed Cause_to_make_progress during these protests .

However , relations between some Kurdish organizations and the Iranian government quickly deteriorated Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale , and though Shi ' a Kurds and some tribal leaders turned Becoming towards the new Shi ' a Islamic State , Sunni Kurdish leftists continued the nationalist project in their enclave in Kurdistan Province .

Following the eruption Process_start of the Iran–Iraq War in September 1980 , an even greater effort was made by the Iranian government to crush Bodily_harm the Kurdish rebellion Violence , which was the only one of the 1979 uprisings Violence to still go on ( Arab , Baluchi , and Turkmen rebellions Violence had already been subdued Hindering by that time ) .

By late 1980 , the Iranian regular forces and the Revolutionary Guard ousted Change_of_leadership the Kurdish militants from their strongholds , but groups of Kurdish militants kept executing sporadic attacks Attack against Iranian militias .

By late 1980 , the Iranian regular forces and the Revolutionary Guard ousted Change_of_leadership the Kurdish militants from their strongholds , but groups of Kurdish militants kept executing sporadic attacks Attack against Iranian militias .

About 10,000 people were killed Killing in the course of the Kurdish rebellion Violence , with 1,200 of them being Kurdish political prisoners , executed Killing in the last phases of the rebellion Violence , mostly by the Iranian government .

The 1953 Iranian coup d'état , known in Iran as the 28 Mordad coup d'état ( ) , was the overthrow Change_of_leadership of the democratically elected Change_of_leadership Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh in favour of strengthening Cause_change_of_strength the monarchical rule of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi on 19 August 1953 , orchestrated Arranging by the United States ( under the name `` TPAJAX '' Project or `` Operation Ajax '' ) and the United Kingdom ( under the name `` Operation Boot '' ) .

Mosaddegh had sought to audit Scrutiny the documents of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company ( AIOC ) , a British corporation ( now part of BP ) and to limit Limiting the company 's control over Iranian oil reserves .

After this vote Choosing , Britain instigated Influence a worldwide boycott Response of Iranian oil to pressure Hold Iran economically .

Initially , Britain mobilized its military to seize Hold control Control of the British-built Abadan oil refinery , then the world 's largest , but Prime Minister Clement Attlee opted Choosing instead to tighten Cause_change_of_strength the economic boycott while using Iranian agents to undermine Destroying Mosaddegh 's government .

Following the coup Change_of_leadership in 1953 , a government under General Fazlollah Zahedi was formed Coming_to_be which allowed Mohammad Reza Pahlavi , the last Shah of Iran ( Persian for an Iranian king ) , to rule Control more firmly as monarch .

In August 2013 , sixty years afterward , the U.S. government formally acknowledged Statement the U.S. role in the coup Change_of_leadership by releasing Statement a bulk of previously classified government documents that show it was in charge of both the planning Arranging and the execution of the coup Change_of_leadership , including the bribing of Iranian politicians , security and army high-ranking officials , as well as pro-coup propaganda .

In addition to an estimated Testing 1,200–1,400 detainees , the `` whereabouts and condition '' of five students named Name_conferral by Human Rights Watch who are believed to be detained Arrest by Iranian authorities remain unknown .

In 2017 , Judge Claudio Bonadio accused Judgment_communication Kirchner of treason and called Request on the country 's senate to permit Preventing_or_letting her arrest and trial for allegedly covering Hiding_objects up Iranian involvement in the 1994 bomb attack .

Kirchner is currently referred for public trial over alleged cover-up of Iranian involvement in the bombing Attack .

The Iranian Embassy siege Besieging took place Process_start from 30 April to 5 May 1980 , after a group of six armed men stormed Attack the Iranian embassy on Prince 's Gate in South Kensington , London .

The Iranian Embassy siege Besieging took place Process_start from 30 April to 5 May 1980 , after a group of six armed men stormed Attack the Iranian embassy on Prince 's Gate in South Kensington , London .