Imposed War

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The Imposed War is the term used in Iran to refer to the 1980–1988 Iran–Iraq War, emphasizing its view that the conflict was unjustly forced upon the country.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Iranian designation of a war ⓘ
historical term ⓘ
term ⓘ
altLabel Defa-e Moqaddas ⓘ
Sacred Defense ⓘ
appliesToConflict Iran–Iraq War ⓘ
associatedWithCountry Iran ⓘ
Iraq ⓘ
associatedWithLeader Ruhollah Khomeini ⓘ
Saddam Hussein ⓘ
conflictType conventional war ⓘ
interstate war ⓘ
connotation war was unjustly forced on Iran ⓘ
countryUsingTerm Iran ⓘ
duration 8 years ⓘ
emphasizes defensive nature of Iran’s role in the war ⓘ
perception of Iraqi aggression ⓘ
endTime 1988 ⓘ
hasCauseNarrative Iraqi invasion of Iran in 1980 ⓘ
hasMoralFraming Iran as victim of aggression ⓘ
war as externally imposed ⓘ
hasPerspective Iranian government perspective ⓘ
hasPoliticalFunction strengthening national unity in Iran ⓘ
hasSubject Iranian casualties and sacrifices ⓘ
language Persian ⓘ
linkedToIdeology Islamic Revolution narrative in Iran ⓘ
memorializedBy Iranian war museums ⓘ
annual Sacred Defense Week in Iran ⓘ
war cemeteries in Iran ⓘ
nativeLabel جنگ تحمیلی ⓘ
opposesTerm First Persian Gulf War ⓘ
linked to: Gulf War

Iraq–Iran War ⓘ
linked to: Iran–Iraq War
partOf history of the Islamic Republic of Iran ⓘ
modern history of Iran ⓘ
refersTo Iran–Iraq War ⓘ
region Middle East ⓘ
relatedConcept Iranian national memory ⓘ
Iraqi invasion of Iran ⓘ
linked to: Iran–Iraq War

war commemoration in Iran ⓘ
startEvent Iraqi attack on Iran on 22 September 1980 ⓘ
startTime 1980 ⓘ
theater Persian Gulf region ⓘ
linked to: Persian Gulf
timePeriod late 20th century ⓘ
usedBy Islamic Republic of Iran ⓘ
linked to: Islamic Republic
usedFor framing of Iran–Iraq War in Iranian historiography ⓘ
political rhetoric in Iran ⓘ
usedIn Iranian media ⓘ
Iranian official discourse ⓘ
Iranian school textbooks ⓘ

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Iran–Iraq War → alsoKnownAs → Imposed War ⓘ