Definition of Iran-iraq war

1. Noun. A dispute over control of the waterway between Iraq and Iran broke out into open fighting in 1980 and continued until 1988, when they accepted a UN cease-fire resolution.

Exact synonyms: Gulf War
Generic synonyms: War, Warfare

Lexicographical Neighbors of Iran-iraq War

Iqaluit
Iqalummiuq
Iqalummiut
Iqalungmiut
Iquito
Ir
IrG
IrGs
Ir gene
Ira Gershwin
Irak
Iraki
Iraklion
Iran
Iran-Iraq War
Irani
Iranian
Iranian Azerbaijan
Iranian capital
Iranian dinar
Iranian language
Iranian monetary unit
Iranian rial
Iranians
Iranic
Iraq
Iraqi
Iraqi Intelligence Service
Iraqi Kurdistan

Literary usage of Iran-iraq war

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Genocide in Iraq: The Anfal Campaign Against the Kurds by George Black (1993)
"This is false: The testimony of survivors Books on the Iran-Iraq War have routinely echoed the unsubstantiated report that both sides had used chemical ..."

2. Report of the Congressional Committees Investigating the Iran/Contra Affair by Lee H. Hamilton, Daniel K. Inouye (1995)
"... the hostage issue was resolved first.74 The US and Iranian negotiators also discussed the Iran-Iraq war, the meaning of an honorable "victory" for Iran, ..."

3. Chronicle of Progress by Ibrahim Abed, Paula Casey-Vine, Abdullah Al Jabali (1996)
"6 September: Sheikh Zayed and the Turkish President, Kenan Efren, discussed the latest upsurge of fighting in the Iran- Iraq war and called on Baghdad and ..."

4. Genocide in Iraq: The Anfal Campaign Against the Kurds by George Black (1993)
"This is false: The testimony of survivors Books on the Iran-Iraq War have routinely echoed the unsubstantiated report that both sides had used chemical ..."

5. Report of the Congressional Committees Investigating the Iran/Contra Affair by Lee H. Hamilton, Daniel K. Inouye (1995)
"... the hostage issue was resolved first.74 The US and Iranian negotiators also discussed the Iran-Iraq war, the meaning of an honorable "victory" for Iran, ..."

6. Chronicle of Progress by Ibrahim Abed, Paula Casey-Vine, Abdullah Al Jabali (1996)
"6 September: Sheikh Zayed and the Turkish President, Kenan Efren, discussed the latest upsurge of fighting in the Iran- Iraq war and called on Baghdad and ..."

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