Tanker Wars | |||||||
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Part of the Iran–Iraq War | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Iran Supported by: Pakistan[1][2] |
Iraq Supported by: United States Saudi Arabia Kuwait | ||||||
Units involved | |||||||
Iranian Navy IRGC Navy Iranian Air Force |
Iraqi Navy Iraqi Air Force United States Navy Royal Saudi Air Force |
The Tanker War, part of the larger Iran–Iraq War, was a series of military attacks by Iran and Iraq against merchant vessels in the Persian Gulf and Strait of Hormuz from 1984 to 1988.