Burin Iraqi na yankin da ke makwabtaka da ita za a iya gano shi tun bayan yakin duniya na daya da kasashen Entente suka yi.A cikin 1919-1920, lokacin da aka raba daular Ottoman , an yi shawarwari don kafa kasar Larabawa mai girma da ta ƙunshi sassan gabashin Siriya, kudu maso gabashin Turkiyya , duk Kuwait, da yankunan kan iyakar Iran .An kwatanta wannan hangen nesa a cikin taswirar Turanci daga 1920.Yaƙin Iran da Iraqi (1980-1988), wanda kuma aka sani da Qādisiyyat-Sadām, ya kasance sakamako ne kai tsaye na waɗannan rigingimun yanki.Yakin ya yi tsada kuma bai dace ba, ya lalata tattalin arzikin Iraki.Duk da shelanta nasara da Iraqi ta yi a shekara ta 1988, sakamakon da gaske ya kasance komawa kan iyakokin da aka yi kafin yakin.Rikicin dai ya faro ne tun lokacin da Iraqi ta mamaye Iran a ranar 22 ga watan Satumban shekarar 1980. Wannan mataki dai ya shafi tarihin rigingimun kan iyaka da damuwa kan rikicin Shi'a tsakanin mabiya Shi'a mafiya rinjaye a Iraki, wanda juyin juya halin Iran ya yi wahayi zuwa gare shi.Iraki na da nufin tabbatar da mamaye Tekun Fasha, ta maye gurbin Iran, kuma ta sami goyon baya daga Amurka .^[58]Duk da haka, harin farko na Iraqi ya samu nasara mai iyaka.A watan Yunin 1982, Iran ta sake dawo da kusan dukkanin yankunan da aka rasa, kuma a cikin shekaru shida masu zuwa, Iran ta kasance mafi yawan hare-haren.Duk da kiran da Kwamitin Sulhu na Majalisar Dinkin Duniya ya yi na tsagaita bude wuta, yakin ya ci gaba har zuwa ranar 20 ga watan Agustan 1988. Ya kammala da yarjejeniyar tsagaita bude wuta da MDD ta yi karkashin kuduri mai lamba 598, wanda bangarorin biyu suka amince da shi.An dauki makonni da yawa sojojin Iran suna janyewa daga yankin Iraki tare da mutunta iyakokin kasa da kasa kafin yakin kamar yadda yarjejeniyar Algiers ta 1975 ta bayyana.An yi musayar fursunonin yaƙi na ƙarshe a 2003. ^[59]Yakin ya yi asarar dimbin mutane da tattalin arziki, inda aka yi kiyasin sojoji rabin miliyan da fararen hula daga bangarorin biyu suka mutu.Duk da haka, yakin bai haifar da sauye-sauye na yanki ba ko kuma ramuwa.Rikicin ya yi kama da dabarun yakin duniya na daya, ciki har da yakin basasa, amfani da makamai masu guba kamar gas mustard da Iraki ta yi a kan sojojin Iran da fararen hula, da kuma Kurdawan Iraki.Majalisar Dinkin Duniya ta amince da amfani da makami mai guba amma ba ta ayyana Iraki a matsayin ita kadai mai amfani da ita ba.Wannan ya haifar da sukar cewa al'ummomin duniya sun ci gaba da kasancewa a cikin halin da ake ciki yayin da Iraki ta yi amfani da makamai masu linzami.^[60]