Tanker war

Tanker war
Part of the Iran–Iraq War
Date1981 – 4 August 1988
Location
Persian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz, Sea of Oman
Result Iraqi coalition victory
Belligerents
Iran Ba'athist Iraq
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 1981 to 1988. Iraq was responsible for 283 attacks. Iran accounted for 168.

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