Iraq
King of Kurdistan
On 9 October 1956 Sheikh Mehmud Berzenci (Mahmud Barzinci), the "King of Kurdistan", died. He had given himself this title in...
The Mother of All Battles
In the evening of 16 January 1991 the American president, Bush, gave a televised speech on the latest news from the Gulf region...
Iran Preparing for the "Undeniable Victory"
The invasion of Iran by the Iraqi army in 1980 was the start of a nine-year war between the two countries. It took the Khomeini...
Iraq-Iran War (1980-1988)
The IISH has received a collection of documents on the eight years' war between Iraq and Iran (1980-1988). This interesting and...
