The conflicts between Iran and Iraq where fought over religious reasons and oil resources. In 1980, the conflict between Iran and Iraq started when the Shiite revolution occurred in Iran and the Shah was replaced by Ayatollah Khomeini. This crisis alarmed the Sunni leader in Iraq, who's name is Saddam Hussein. The Kjomeini hated Americans therefore the USA supported Iraq. Fear that the revolution would eventually spread to Iraq, a war broke out. This war was over religion, and in 1988 the UN finally halted the revolution and formed a treaty. Saddam Hussein feared about the spread of Shiite Islam and killed many Kurds and Shiites who were living in his own country. In 1990, Iraq invaded Kuwait which ordered the USA to place sanction on Iraq to pull out. A coalition was formed against Iraq and 30 countries joined. They believed that if Israel joined the coalition, they would lose some of the Arab support. However Saddam Hussein tried to get Israelis involved and by doing this he decided to fire missiles at them. All in all, the crisis between Iran and Iraq were brought together and fought over religion.
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