Iran-Iraq War

British  

noun

1. Also called: Gulf War.  the war (1980–88) fought by Iran and Iraq, following the Iraqi invasion of disputed border territory in Iran. It ended indecisively with no important gains on either side: Iraq subsequently (1990) conceded the disputed territory

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Example Sentences

For Iran, this is the biggest assault on its territory since the Iran-Iraq War of 1980-1988.

From BBC

Born in Iraq in 1967, he could have been sent to fight in the 1980s Iran-Iraq War but instead he and his parents fled Iraq and he grew up in the UK.

From BBC

Saeed is a veteran of the Iran-Iraq War and a devout Shia Muslim, and it’s his privileged place in society that allows him to commit and nearly get away with his crimes.

From Los Angeles Times

Tehran’s Behesth-e Zahra cemetery once had a pond with a fountain that flowed red — known as the Pond of Blood — to memorialize those who died in the Iran-Iraq War of the 1980s.

From Washington Post

“Wish You Were Here,” written as a gift to her mother, follows a group of friends through the upheavals of the Iran-Iraq War.

From New York Times