While special forces launched Process_start an amphibious assault Attack from the Persian Gulf to secure Getting Basra and the surrounding Surrounding petroleum fields , the main invasion army moved Motion into southern Iraq , occupying Control the region and engaging Participation in the Battle Hostile_encounter of Nasiriyah on 23 March .

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 .

According to Bradley Peniston , the attack by the U.S. helped Assistance pressure Iran to agree Agree_or_refuse_to_act to a ceasefire with Iraq later that summer , ending Process_end the eight-year conflict between the Persian Gulf neighbors .

Afghan insurgents began Process_start to receive Receiving massive amounts of aid and military training Education_teaching in neighboring Pakistan and China , paid Commerce_pay for primarily by the United States and Arab monarchies in the Persian Gulf .

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 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 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 .

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 .

The `` 1921 Persian Coup '' ( Persian : کودتای ۳ اسفند ۱۲۹۹ ) refers Adducing to several major events in Iran ( Persia ) in 1921 , which eventually led to the establishment of the Pahlavi dynasty as the ruling house of the country in 1925 .

The `` 1921 Persian Coup '' ( Persian : کودتای ۳ اسفند ۱۲۹۹ ) refers Adducing to several major events in Iran ( Persia ) in 1921 , which eventually led to the establishment of the Pahlavi dynasty as the ruling house of the country in 1925 .

After their victory , Ottoman forces Causation marched Self_motion deeper into Persia , briefly occupying Control the Safavid capital , Tabriz , and thoroughly looting Robbery the Persian imperial treasury .

The Iranians were able to capture Conquering the al-Faw Peninsula , cutting off Having_or_lacking_access Iraqi access Having_or_lacking_access to the Persian Gulf in the process ; this in turn hardened Cause_change_of_strength Iraqi attitudes to prosecute the war .

On February 9 1986 , Iran launched Motion Operation Dawn 8 , a sophisticated and carefully planned amphibious assault Attack across the Shatt al-Arab ( Arvand Rud ) river against the Iraqi troops defending Defending the strategic al-Faw Peninsula , which connects Connect Iraq to the Persian Gulf .

The Iranians defeated Conquering the Iraqi defenders , mostly Iraqi Popular Army , capturing Conquering the tip of the peninsula , including Iraq 's main air control and warning center covering Persian Gulf , as well as limiting Iraq 's access to the ocean .

The Sasanian Empire conquered Conquering Jerusalem after a brief siege in 614 , during the Byzantine–Sasanian War of 602–628 , after the Persian Shah Khosrau II appointed Change_of_leadership his general Shahrbaraz to conquer Conquering the Byzantine controlled areas of the Near East .

By this time the grand inner harbor had silted up and was useless , however the Emperor Anastasius had reconstructed Recovering the outer harbor and Caesarea remained an important maritime city , providing Giving the Persian Empire with access Having_or_lacking_access to the Mediterranean Sea .

The Persian army reinforced by Jewish forces led by Nehemiah ben Hushiel and Benjamin of Tiberias would capture Conquering Jerusalem without resistance .

It represented , along with the fall Conquering of Basra in 1546 , a significant step towards eventual Ottoman victory Getting and the procurement Commerce_buy of the lower Mesopotamia , the mouths of the Euphrates and Tigris rivers , opening Openness a trading outlet into the Persian Gulf .

By 642 AD , under Caliph Umar , Arab Muslim forces had laid Placing control Control of Mesopotamia ( 638 ) , Syria ( 641 ) , Egypt ( 642 ) , and had invaded Attack Armenia , all previously territories split Motion between the warring Hostile_encounter Byzantine and Persian Empires , and were concluding Process_end their conquest Conquering of the Persian Empire with their defeat Conquering of the Persian army at the Battle Hostile_encounter of Nahāvand .

By 642 AD , under Caliph Umar , Arab Muslim forces had laid Placing control Control of Mesopotamia ( 638 ) , Syria ( 641 ) , Egypt ( 642 ) , and had invaded Attack Armenia , all previously territories split Motion between the warring Hostile_encounter Byzantine and Persian Empires , and were concluding Process_end their conquest Conquering of the Persian Empire with their defeat Conquering of the Persian army at the Battle Hostile_encounter of Nahāvand .

By 642 AD , under Caliph Umar , Arab Muslim forces had laid Placing control Control of Mesopotamia ( 638 ) , Syria ( 641 ) , Egypt ( 642 ) , and had invaded Attack Armenia , all previously territories split Motion between the warring Hostile_encounter Byzantine and Persian Empires , and were concluding Process_end their conquest Conquering of the Persian Empire with their defeat Conquering of the Persian army at the Battle Hostile_encounter of Nahāvand .

The Battle Hostile_encounter of Marathon ( ) took place Process_start in 490 BC during the first Persian invasion of Greece .

It was fought Hostile_encounter between the citizens of Athens , aided Assistance by Plataea , and a Persian force commanded by Datis and Artaphernes .

The first Persian invasion was a response Response to Athenian involvement in the Ionian Revolt , when Athens and Eretria had sent Sending a force to support the cities of Ionia in their attempt to overthrow Removing Persian rule .

The first Persian invasion was a response Response to Athenian involvement in the Ionian Revolt , when Athens and Eretria had sent Sending a force to support the cities of Ionia in their attempt to overthrow Removing Persian rule .

Once the Ionian revolt Hostile_encounter was finally crushed Bodily_harm by the Persian victory at the Battle of Lade in 494 BC , Darius began Process_start plans to subjugate Greece .

The Persian force then sailed Motion for Attica , landing in the bay near the town of Marathon .

The Athenians and their allies chose Choosing a location for the battle , with marshes and mountainous terrain , that prevented Preventing_or_letting the Persian cavalry from joining the Persian infantry .

The Athenians and their allies chose Choosing a location for the battle , with marshes and mountainous terrain , that prevented Preventing_or_letting the Persian cavalry from joining the Persian infantry .

Miltiades , the Athenian general , ordered Request a general attack against the Persian forces Causation , composed primarily of missile troops .

The Persian army broke Bodily_harm in panic towards their ships , and large numbers were slaughtered Killing .

The defeat at Marathon marked Recording the end of the first Persian invasion of Greece , and the Persian force retreated Escaping to Asia .

The defeat at Marathon marked Recording the end of the first Persian invasion of Greece , and the Persian force retreated Escaping to Asia .

The jet was hit Attack while flying Motion over Iran 's territorial waters in the Persian Gulf , along the flight 's usual route , shortly after departing Departing Bandar Abbas International Airport , the flight 's stopover location .

The Package Q Airstrike was the largest airstrike Attack of the Persian Gulf War , and the largest strike Attack of F-16s in military history .

After conquering Conquering the Achaemenid Empire of Persia , the Macedonian king ( and now the great king of the Persian Empire ) , Alexander , launched Military_operation a campaign into the Indian subcontinent in present-day Pakistan , part of which formed Coming_to_be the easternmost territories of the Achaemenid Empire following Motion the Achaemenid conquest of the Indus Valley ( 6th century BC ) .

In the late 1550s , the ruler of one of the Kabardás , Temryuk ( or Temriuk ) , struck Attack a politico-military alliance with Tsar Ivan IV of Russia ( `` Ivan the Terrible '' ) , for mutual assistance against expansionist attacks Attack by the Persian and Ottoman Empires .

Its name comes from the Shamal ( `` Chammal '' in French ) , a northwesterly wind blowing over Iraq and the Persian Gulf states .

Meanwhile , the Ottomans had to contend Quarreling with the Persian Safavid Empire and to a lesser extent the Mamluk Sultanate , which was defeated Getting and fully incorporated Cause_to_amalgamate into the empire .

Batis , the commander of the fortress of Gaza , expected to hold Egypt in subjection until the Persian Great King Darius III could raise Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale another army and confront Alexander in a battle Hostile_encounter from this city .

It controlled Control the main road that went Self_motion from the Persian province of Syria to Egypt .

There were five main campaigns : the Sinai and Palestine Campaign , the Mesopotamian Campaign , the Caucasus Campaign , the Persian Campaign , and the Gallipoli Campaign .

The flight crew suffered Bodily_harm from spatial disorientation during the go-around and crashed Catastrophe into the shallow waters of the Persian Gulf from the airport .

The Kish Airshow also known as Persian Gulf Airshow is an aviation airshow held Hold biennially on Kish Island , Iran .

It was repaired Self_motion after the Persian Gulf War Hostile_encounter and used Using by U.S. and British forces Military_operation in the initial stages of the 2003 invasion Attack of Iraq .

During the American led coalition offensive Judgment_communication in the Persian Gulf War , American , Canadian , British and French aircraft and ground forces Military_operation attacked Attack retreating Iraqi military personnel attempting to leave Departing Kuwait on the night of February 26–27 , 1991 , resulting in Causation the destruction Destroying of hundreds of vehicles and the deaths Death of many of their occupants .

The Allied victory was the beginning of the end of the Western Desert Campaign , eliminating the Axis threat to Egypt , the Suez Canal and the Middle Eastern and Persian oil fields .

The Persian Expedition of Catherine the Great , alongside the Persian Expedition of Peter the Great , was one of the Russo-Persian Wars of the 18th century which did not entail any lasting consequences for either belligerent .