The United States was infuriated by Iran's attack on the American embassy and wished to retaliate by arming Iran's enemy, Iraq.
Middle east countries such as Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan
Iran > Iraq > Israel.
With Iraq weak, it makes sense that Iran would gain power over them. In the war the Iraqi people were losing money, people and power, if Iran took advantage of this it could have been invaded. Also I'm sure that Iran's economy was better since no one could get much out of Iraq during the war.
Iran never looked after Iraq.
Iran.
Former name of Iran: PersiaFormer name of Iraq: Mesopotamia
Iraq
Iraq and Iran were parts of Persia
Iran is east of Iraq.
Iran is due east of Iraq.
Iran. The Iran-Iraq War, waged between Iran and Iraq began in 1980 and only ended in 1988.