Middle East 613
630 IRAN/640 TURKEYMID#3132
Dispute Number: 3132
Date(s): August 5, 1907 to February 1908
Participants: 640 Turkey/365 Russia, 630 Iran
Outcome (and Settlement): Unclear (None)
Fatalities: Missing
Narrative: Turkish forces attacked and occupied Persian territory. They briefly with-
drew after Russia began shifting troops toward Turkey but then quickly returned.
Turkey later agreed to withdraw.
Coding changes: Added to the dispute: 365 Russia. End Date changed from August
20, 1908.
MID#1131
Dispute Number: 1131
Date(s): November 13, 1914 to March 20, 1917
Participants: 640 Turkey/630 Iran
Outcome (and Settlement): Yield by side A (None)
Fatalities: None
Narrative: The Ottomans routinely used Persian territory for its operations against
Russia during World War I. Persian attempts to expel the Turks were ineffective. The
Turks finally only left after suffering severe defeats against the Russians and British.
Coding changes: Start Date changed from November 15, 1914. Outcome changed
from Yield by side A. Fatalities changed from Missing.
MID#3097
Dispute Number: 3097
Date(s): September 17, 1981
Participants: 630 Iran/640 Turkey
Outcome (and Settlement): Unclear (None)
Fatalities: 1–25 deaths
Narrative: Two Turkish soldiers were killed when they tried to stop a clash between
a group of Iranian Kurds and Iranian Revolutionary Guard in southeastern Turkey.
Coding changes: Start Date changed from September 21, 1981. End Date changed
from September 21, 1981.
MID#2575
Dispute Number: 2575