The Contemporary Middle East. A Documentary History

... We feel that never in history—including the history of our nation, despite its radiance—has it been possible for two leaders ...

We ask God to help us fulfill it and to preserve for us the beloved father, leader Ahmad Hasan al-Bakr, and give him long life. ...

vice president) to negotiate a peace agreement in Algiers in March 1975. Incorporated into a formal treaty signed on June 13, 19 ...

placed full blame for abrogation of the treaty on Iran, claiming that the shah and the new revolutionary government had failed t ...

DOCUMENT Hussein Speech to the National Assembly before War with Iran SEPTEMBER17, 1980 .. .We considered it a good opportunity ...

Brothers, after the signing of the March [1975] agreement, many negotiations and contacts were held to implement its provisions, ...

We assure you, brothers, as well as the entire world, as we did in the past, that we aspire to establishing good relations of ne ...

We warmly greet our brothers, the Arabs of Ahvaz who are suffering from sup- pression and tyranny under the Khomeini regime more ...

SOURCE:Foreign Broadcast Information Service, Daily Report: Middle East and North Africa,September 18, 1980, E–1–E–7. Iran-Iraq ...

in these futile offensives. Regardless, leaders in Tehran refused to give up, in part because of their expectation that the Shii ...

In 1985 the Reagan administration began tilting not only toward Iraq but also toward Iran. This came about because of President ...

United States (and its allies) and the Soviet Union (and its allies). During the first years of the 1980s, tensions between Wash ...

The Arab League’s earlier hesitation to take sides had resulted, in large part, from a feud between Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein ...

Convincedthat a comprehensive, just, honorable and durable settlement should be achieved between Iran and Iraq, Recallingthe pro ...

DOCUMENT Arab League Summit Communiqué on Ending the Iran-Iraq War NOVEMBER11, 1987 ... From the premise of our historical respo ...

the necessary measures to make the Iranian regime respond to the peace calls. The conference also announced its solidarity with ...

If Tehran had a strategic edge as of mid-1987, it quickly disappeared in the early months of 1988. In late February, Iraq began ...

ness to stop the fighting. A formal cease-fire went into effect on August 20. Subse- quent attempts by UN diplomats to negotiate ...

integrity of the Islamic Republic of Iran has now gained unprecedented dimensions, bringing other countries into the war and eve ...

I call upon the entire Iranian nation to remain vigilant, patient, and steadfast. It is possible that in the future certain indi ...