United Nations Security Council (UNSC)

Agenda item: Iran-Iraq War

USG: Zeynep Beril Karartı

ACAS: Ayşe Tahiroğlu

Description:

Following the revolution in Iran in 79’, Saddam Hussein’s views towards the new regime in Tehran decreased even further during the late stages of the Cold War. The new regime threatened Iraq’s political stability and integrity according to Saddam, who decided to consolidate Iraq’s position in the Middle East and the Persian Gulf. With a majority of Sunni Muslims in Iraq led by a Ba’athist government, the new theocratic & revolutionary Iran consisting primarily of Shia Muslims posed a critical danger towards the western border.

With Iraq wishing for a quick and decisive victory over an Iran full of post-revolution chaos and disorder, and Iran willing to prove their strength after a successful takeover against a power-hungry state with a capable military size, the two spectrums of the world closely lean over the conflict. It is up to those who partake in the conflict to decide the conclusion of such aggressive actions, and the global powers of the world.