Middle East 547
MID#2822
Dispute Number: 2822
Date(s): September 1, 1987
Participants: 630 Iran/230 Spain
Outcome (and Settlement): Unclear (None)
Fatalities: None
Narrative: Iranian speedboats fired rockets at a Spanish supertanker carrying Saudi
crude as part of its campaign against Iraq-associated shipping. The ship caught fire,
but the crew was able to put it out and continue on.
MID#2765
Dispute Number: 2765
Date(s): March 21, 1988
Participants: 630 Iran/230 Spain
Outcome (and Settlement): Unclear (None)
Fatalities: None
Narrative: Iranian gunboats sunk a Spanish freighter in the Strait of Hormuz in
response to attacks by Iraq on ships transporting fuel for Iran.
230 SPAIN/645 IRAQ
MID#2764
Dispute Number: 2764
Date(s): May 14, 1988
Participants: 645 Iraq/230 Spain
Outcome (and Settlement): Unclear (None)
Fatalities: None
Narrative: Iraqi forces bombed an Iranian offshore terminal as part of a strategy to
cut off Iran’s oil revenues. One of the ships sunk was a Spanish oil tanker.
MID#3957
Started in May 1990. See the narrative in the 645 Iraq/690 Kuwait dyad dispute list.
235 PORTUGAL/433 SENEGAL
MID#1387
Dispute Number: 1387
Date(s): December 16, 1961 to December 21, 1961