Operation Nasr , fought Hostile_encounter in early January 1981 , was a major battle Hostile_encounter of the Iran–Iraq War Hostile_encounter .

It was the biggest tank battle Hostile_encounter of the Iran–Iraq War Hostile_encounter .

In September 1980 the Iraqi military invaded Attack Iran , beginning Process_start the Iran–Iraq War Hostile_encounter .

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 .

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 ) .

The attack Attack was the deadliest use Using of chemical weapons since the Iran–Iraq War Hostile_encounter .

The hostage-takers and their cause Causation were largely forgotten GiveUp after the Iran–Iraq War broke out later that year and the hostage crisis in Tehran continued until January 1981 .

The First Battle of al-Faw was a battle Hostile_encounter of the Iran–Iraq War , fought Hostile_encounter on the al-Faw Peninsula between 10 February and 10 March 1986 .

The Iranian operation is considered to be one of Iran 's greatest achievements in the Iran–Iraq War .

The Iran–Iraq War Military_operation began Process_start on 22 September 1980 , when Iraq invaded Attack Iran , and it ended Process_end on 20 August 1988 , when Iran accepted Receiving the UN-brokered ceasefire .

Operation Military_operation Earnest Will ( 24 July 1987 – 26 September 1988 ) was the American military protection of Kuwaiti-owned tankers from Iranian attacks Attack in 1987 and 1988 , three years into the Tanker War phase of the Iran–Iraq War .

Some feel there were several reasons for the Iraqi move , including Iraq 's inability to pay Commerce_pay the more than US $ 14 billion that it had borrowed to finance the Iran–Iraq War , and Kuwaiti high petroleum production levels which kept revenues down for Iraq .

Eight days into the Iran–Iraq War Hostile_encounter , Operation Scorch Sword commenced Process_start .