HISTORY
HISTORY OF THE MIDDLE EAST
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Turkey and Armenia
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Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan
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Azerbaijan and Tajikistan.
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Iran and Iraq.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The number of casualties in the Iran-Iraq War ranges from 1, 000, 000 to twice that number. The number killed on both sides was perhaps 500, 000, with Iran suffering the greatest losses.
Detailed explanation-2: -The War lasted for seven years and 11 months (from September 2, 1980, to August 20, 1988, and successively experienced four strategic stages: Iraq’s attack, Iran’s counter-attack, Iran-Iraq stalemate, and Iraq’s counter-attack. The two sides are inflexible and demanding too high a price for a truce.
Detailed explanation-3: -The war ended in a stalemate and a UN ceasefire with no side gaining any meaningful victory. The death toll from the war was high but uncertain. Most estimates put the total death toll at 500, 000 soldiers, with similar numbers for both sides.
Detailed explanation-4: -The war followed a long history of border disputes and was motivated by fears that the Iranian Revolution in 1979 would inspire insurgency among Iraq’s long-suppressed Shi’i majority, as well as Iraq’s desire to replace Iran as the dominant Persian Gulf state.
Detailed explanation-5: -By the summer of 1982 Iraq was on the defensive and remained so until the end in August 1988. The death toll, overall, was an estimated 1 million for Iran and 250, 000-500, 000 for Iraq.