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Iran–Iraq War

Iraq abrogated The Algiers Protocol

Wednesday Sep 17, 1980
Baghdad, Iraq

on 17 September 1980, Iraq suddenly abrogated the Algiers Protocol following the Iranian revolution. Saddam Hussein claimed that the Islamic Republic of Iran refused to abide by the stipulations of the Algiers Protocol and, therefore, Iraq considered the Protocol null and void. Five days later, the Iraqi army crossed the border.


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