Tanker war
| Tanker war | |||||||
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| Part of the Iran–Iraq War | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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Iran Supported by: Pakistan |
Iraq Supported by: United States Saudi Arabia Kuwait | ||||||
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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 while Iran accounted for 168.