Contemporary era · 1984 – 1988
Tanker war
The tanker war, part of the larger Iran–Iraq War, was a series of military attacks by Iran and Iraq against merchant vessels in the Persian Gulf and Strait of Hormuz from 1981 to 1988. Iraq was responsible for 283 attacks. Iran accounted for 168.
- When
- 1 Feb 1984 – 4 Aug 1988
- Where
- Persian Gulf
- Era
- Contemporary
Topics
Iran–Iraq War1980 – 1988Iran9,000 BCE – todaySaudi Arabia494 CE – todayUnited Arab Emirates1918 – today
Before and after
Text from the Wikipedia article Tanker war, CC BY-SA 4.0