Tanker War (Iran–Iraq War naval phase)
1984 CE – 1988 CE · 4 years
During the Iran-Iraq War, both sides attacked oil tankers in the Persian Gulf, threatening global oil supplies. The US Navy intervened with Operation Earnest Will to escort Kuwaiti tankers, leading to direct US-Iran naval clashes.
Belligerents
The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.
- Iraq, United States Navy
- Iran
Key moments
Defining events in the Tanker War (Iran–Iraq War naval phase).
- 1988 Operation Praying Mantis
- 1987 USS Stark incident
- 1988 Iran Air Flight 655 shootdown
Elsewhere in Middle East at the time
Records whose own span overlaps this one, found by the same test the canvas draws with. The bar under each card is where it sits inside this one.
Landmark · Middle East
Great Pyramid of Giza
2560 BCE – still standing.svg/500px-Flag_of_Iran_(official).svg.png)
Polity · Middle East
Iran
Founded 1920 CE · attested to 2026 CE
Conflict · Middle East
1982 Lebanon War
1982 CE – 1985 CE
Landmark · Middle East
Petra
300 BCE – still standing
Polity · Middle East
Egypt
Attested 3000 BCE – 2026 CEConflict · Middle East
Nagorno-Karabakh Wars
1988 CE – 2023 CE
Landmark · Middle East
Dead Sea
3000 BCE – still standing
Polity · Middle East
Yemen
Attested 1000 CE – 2026 CEDated moments inside this span
Events the timeline places between 1984 CE and 1988 CE.
And in the rest of the world
Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.
Image credits7 pictures from Wikimedia Commons
- Great Pyramid of GizaDouwe C. van der Zee · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Flag of Iran (official)SVG file: SiBr 4 Designer: Hamid Nadimi Construction: ISIRI · Public domain
- 1982 Lebanon WarMichael Zarfati · CC BY-SA 3.0
- PetraAzurfrog · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Flag of EgyptDerived from Part IV Article (223) of the Constitution of The Arab Republic of Egypt. Col… · Public domain
- Dead Seaلا روسا · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Flag of YemenNightstallion et al., see File history below for details. · Public domain
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