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Oct 18, 2022 · Iran has been deeply involved in Iraqi politics since the fall of Saddam Hussein’s regime in 2003. More than a dozen Iraqi political parties have ties to Iran, which funds and trains...
Iran–Iraq relations (Persian: روابط ایران و عراق Ravâbete Irân va Arâq; Arabic: العلاقات العراقية الإيرانية Al-ilaqat Al-Iraqiya Al-Iraniya) are the diplomatic and foreign relations between the two sovereign states of Iran and Iraq.
Jan 15, 2020 · Iraq invades Iran. When Iran erupted in Islamic Revolution in 1978-9, Hussein saw his opportunity. In September 1980, amid Iranian turmoil, Iraq invaded the country.
- Johan Franzen
Apr 6, 2024 · Iran reportedly put intense pressure on the groups in Iraq to halt their strikes on U.S. camps and installations. The groups reluctantly agreed, although some continued to carry out occasional...
Mar 20, 2023 · Analysis: Iran’s influence prevents Iraq’s Arab reintegration. Ties between Iraq and the Gulf Arab monarchies have warmed in recent years, but Iran ultimately has more influence.
- Giorgio Cafiero
Iran–Iraq relations have been turbulent since the Iran–Iraq War began in 1988. They have improved since the fall of Saddam Hussein in 2003. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was the first Iranian president to visit Iraq since Iran's 1979 Islamic revolution .
Iraq holds an important place in Iran’s revolutionary psyche; Iran’s current policies toward its neighbor are still shaped by the destructive war with Iraq following the 1979 Iranian Revolution.
