Iran was led by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini and Iraq was led by President Saddam Hussein.
Russia sold weapons to Iran and Iraq.
Iraq
The Iran-Iraq War ended in 1988. The two nations are now at peace.
Iran and Iraq.
Saddam Hussein was the President of Iraq who invaded Iran during the Iran-Iraq War.
It depends on the war. During the Persian Gulf War of 1990-1991, the two nations were adversaries, but in the previous Iran-Iraq War of 1980-1988, the two countries were allies against Iran.
Yes, Iraq was at war with Iran from 1980 to 1988. This was called the Iran-Iraq war.
Iraq
Iran never looked after Iraq.
Iran.
There was a war that began in Iraq in 1980, but the war began with an invasion of Iran, not Iraq. That war is the Iran-Iraq War and lasted from 1980-1988.
Iran was attacked by its neighboring country of Iraq in 1980, leading to the Iran-Iraq War which lasted for eight years.
Iran-Iraq War 1980-1988.
This was known as the Iran-Iraq War and lasted about 8 years over control of the Persian Gulf, and territorial disputes along the Iran/Iraq border. Prior to Operation Desert Storm in 1991, the Iran-Iraq war (1980-1989) was known as the Gulf War.
Russia sold weapons to Iran and Iraq.
Iraq
Afghans did not participate in the Iran-Iraq War. During this period, Afghanistan was fighting the Soviet Union and trying to repel them from the country. However, Afghans were alive during the Iran-Iraq War. (So, technically speaking, there were Afghans during the Iran-Iraq War, just not in that war.)