The Iran-Iraq War, 1980-1990.
- A Shiite revolution takes place in Iran and the Shah was replaced by Ayatollah Khomeini.
- This concerned the Sunni leader, Saddam Hussein in Iraq.
- Khomeini was very anti-American so they supported Iraq.
- War breaks out in fear that the revolution would spread to Iraq (really a war of religion although they both claimed territory of each others).
- UN gets involved in 1988 and a formal treaty is signed with no gains in 1990.
Summary:
Saddam Hussein was the Sunni leader that was supported by the Americans and he went to war with the Shiite Iran so there wouldn’t be an uprising in his own country.