1. Iran Contra Affair
... , eventually ending in exile in Paris. After, many of the supporters of the Shah were sought out, captured and many were executed. While Iran was going through the Islamic Revolution, Saddam Hussein, the Iraqi president, saw an opportunity to invade Iran while Iran was at its weakest military point. With a civil war in its midst, Iran seemed to be very vulnerable to ... foreign invasions and Hussein saw his chance. On September 22, 1980, Iraq launched an air and land invasion of western Iran which was officially said to be over a waterway in the Persian Gulf and ... troops had withdrawn...
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