Z1980 there was a war between Iran and Iraq-lasted 8 years.
ZCaused by differences between different ethnic groups, Iran:Persian, Iraq:Arab, as well as, border disagreements.
ZIt was assumed by Iraq that Iran was weak after the Iranian Revolution.
ZIran lost 600,000 Iranians, and the economic loss totaled 1.2 billion US dollars.
ZWar finally ends in a stalemate.