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Parent topics

• Iran [r]: Country in the Middle East. [e]
• Iraq [r]: Country in the Middle East, currently transitioning from rule by the US. [e]

Subtopics

• French support for Iraq during the Iran-Iraq war [r]: French technical assistance and sales of military and dual-use equipment, beginning in approximately 1975, to Iraq, and continuing through the Iran-Iraq War; France and the Soviet Union were the leading military suppliers to Iraq [e]
• Italian support for Iraq during the Iran-Iraq War [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Soviet support for Iran during the Iran-Iraq War [r]: Soviet efforts to maintain a positive relationship during and after the Iran-Iraq War; they regarded Iran as more strategically important than Iraq [e]
• Soviet support for Iraq during the Iran-Iraq War [r]: Soviet technical assistance and sales of military and dual-use equipment, beginning in approximately 1975, to Iraq, and continuing through the Iran-Iraq War; the Soviet Union and France were the leading military suppliers to Iraq [e]
• U.K. support for Iraq during the Iran-Iraq War [r]: Most support to Iraq was without the knowledge or approval of U.K. government, but through covert Iraqi purchasing; some authorized dual-use sales were made, but largely ceased with the UN embargo [e]
• Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps [r]: Called the Pasdaran in Farsi, the military and paramilitary force separate from the regular armed forces of Iran, with a strong religious motivation and clerical control; accused of being involved in terrorism [e]
• Pasdaran [r]: Add brief definition or description

Other related topics

• Chemical weapon [r]: A weapon that cause death or disease by means of chemical interaction with the metabolism of the victim, as opposed to causing injury through blast, thermal, or other effects not on a molecular level [e]
• Chemical Weapons Convention [r]: Arms control treaty which prohibits the production, use and possession of chemical weapons and related assets. [e]
• Gulf War [r]: The conflict started by the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in 1990, and ended with the liberation of Kuwait and major damage to Iraqi forces, by a US-led UN coalition in 1991. [e]
• Saddam Hussein [r]: (1937–2006) Deposed and executed ruler of Iraq. [e]
• Ruhollah Khomeini [r]: Add brief definition or description