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Pros And Cons Of The Iran-Iraq War

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U.S. and other Foreign Support to the War
Introduction
In the past century, the world has been through constant wars. Among them was the longest war, “The Iran- Iraq War” or “The Persian Gulf War”. This lasted longer than both World Wars. This 8 year long war resulted in millions of lives being taken away. It was one of the most significant conflicts of the century. Fearing that oil will be endangered again, the West became concerned. This particular war was sparked by many different types of disputes. They both had historical disputes, geographical disputes, and ideological disputes. Iran and Iraq fought each other with no mercy. The Iran-Iraq War caused a lot of death and destruction in both countries. This war would permanently change the path of success and progress for both Iran and Iraq. …show more content…

In response to this, the Shah made sure that he kept Iraq distracted with something else. The Shah decided to aid the Kurdish rebellion and motivating them to fight against the Iraqi Government. At this time Iran is in control of three islands that in actuality belong to the United Arab Emirates. The two sided started to have a few arms issues as relations with Iran completely shattered in 1971. As the civil war between the Kurds and the Iraqi government got worse Saddam Hussein, the leader of Iraq at the time, had no other choice but to come up with a solution to this problem. Eventually, Ayatollah Khomeini was the leader of Iran after the Islamic Revolution. Iran became a theocracy under an Islamic Republic replacing the Shah completely. The Shah has been overthrown and he left Iran until his death. As the revolution continued, the West, including the United Sates, was not happy with the religious upbringing in Iran. President Ronald Reagan decided to re-think relations with Iraq which led them to support Iraq later on in the “Gulf War”. Saddam decided to ban the Ayatollah Khomeini

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embassy in Tehran and seized control of the embassy. Farber provides both an international and domestic viewpoint on the crisis, which offers the reader more of an outlook on the situation. Farber’s international viewpoint provides the reader with the look into the origins of the situation and the policies the United States had put in place in Iran. These policies include the part in ousting Prime Minister Mohammed Mossadegh by the United States, the United States backing of the Shah and the inclination of policy makers to turn their backs to the problem of authoritarianism in Iran, which was causing suffering for the people in the country. These problems began when the United States took interest in the Middle East in the 1970’s because of its oil rich ground.

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In 1980, the Shah died and the militants wanted the hostage deal of Shah standing trial and taking the punishment for his crimes in exchange for the release of the hostages. So now with the Shah passing it was impossible for the Shah to stand trial and be convicted for the said crimes. Leaving the hostages useless to the militants. So its time for a new deal to be made. In exchange for the hostages, the United States would unfreeze the accounts of the Iranian

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Ronald Reagan would win the election of 1980 and one of his major campaign platforms was the promise to end the Iranian Hostage Crisis. The Ayatollah’s supporters were then elected to the Iranian parliament. This meant that there was no reason to hold the hostages, having the Ayatollah in power with his supports in parliament meant that they effectively controlled all aspects of Iranian society. Then Iraq and Iran would become involved in a war. Iranian assets which had been frozen in the United States, were now needed more than ever if they wished to have access to their foreign currencies, without which they risked losing the war and then their country.

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After the crisis, Iran was left mostly unsuccessful. They did not gain anything from the crisis. But Iranians became a more independent and stronger nation. They also became more “Anti-American” after it.

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He died on March 5, 1967 at age 85 and there was no public mourning or funeral allowed (Kinzer, 195). In the following years after the coup Mohammad Reza Shah became the dictator and turned the Iranian people against him by his cruel ruling. Which ultimately led to the 1979 revolution that overthrow him (Kinzer, 202). After being overthrown the United States allowed him to enter and this made the Iranians even more anger.

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The 1953 coup was the event when Britain and with the help of United Stated to bring down the prime minister of Iran, Mohammad Mossadegh. Before him, the Shah signed a treaty letting Britain own and have complete control the oil. Once Mossadegh was elected prime minister, he signed a bill which passed as a law which let Iran nationalize and takes back its oil. He planned to free Iran from exploitation from Britain to reclaim what was theirs and get rid of the company. Since Britain owned the oil company, they were outraged with the idea of Mossadgh and tried to negotiate to get 50/50 profit from the oil.

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As the United States’ and world economy relied on oil, it was important that the production of oil would be protected, and keep a stable flow of oil from the Gulf region. While the United States was protecting its many interests in the Middle East after the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, US oil interests were a major influence in the decision to declare war on Iraq. The United States goals were to protect its interests in the region, including the protecting Kuwaiti oil productions, while also liberating Kuwait from their Iraqi invaders and force Iraq to leave the country. Since Kuwait had invested money into the United States, they were obliged to help the leaders of the country, as the United States risked losing these investments if the government

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“It is not actual suffering but the taste of better things which excites people to revolt.” -Eric Hoffer. The Iranian Revolution was a time of change in Iran, occuring after the Shah had tried westernizing the country by removing certain Islamic ideals. He had tried forcing people to dress and act certain ways that might seem better than the old, but the people did not like being made to do certain things. This caused a revolt against the Shah, and implementing a new government quite similar to the one before the Shah.

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Growing up in the wake of WW2 the shah sought to utilize Iran's strategic geographic location along with its vast oil reserves to become a regional superpower. He was able to successfully accomplish this through careful cooperation with developed western powers. The shah knew that he was in a vulnerable position if he tried to directly oppose actions of the british and Americans therefore he worked closely with both nations as an ally. To some these actions may have made it seem that the Shah was merely a puppet of the west. The reality is much more complicated- through cooperation with the west the shah was able to acquire goods and access technology that had never been available for a middle eastern nation.

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