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Iran–Iraq War - Iran attacked a Kuwaiti tanker carrying Iraqi oil

Time: Sunday May 13, 1984

Place: Bahrain

Details: Iraq repeatedly bombed Iran's main oil export facility on Kharg Island, causing increasingly heavy damage. As a first response to these attacks, Iran attacked a Kuwaiti tanker carrying Iraqi oil near Bahrain on 13 May 1984, as well as a Saudi tanker in Saudi waters on 16 May.

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13 May 1984

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1984

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