1975 Algiers Agreement

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The 1975 Algiers Agreement was a diplomatic accord between Iran and Iraq that settled border disputes, particularly over the Shatt al-Arab waterway, in an effort to reduce tensions prior to the Iran–Iraq War.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bilateral agreement ⓘ
border treaty ⓘ
international treaty ⓘ
aimedTo reduce tensions between Iran and Iraq ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Algiers Accord of 1975 ⓘ
category 1975 in international relations ⓘ
Treaties of Iran ⓘ
Treaties of Iraq ⓘ
component Protocol regarding frontier markers ⓘ
Protocol regarding security and good-neighborliness ⓘ
Protocol regarding the Shatt al-Arab boundary ⓘ
Protocol regarding the demarcation of the land boundary ⓘ
countryInvolved Iran ⓘ
Iraq ⓘ
filedWith United Nations Secretariat ⓘ
historicalContext Cold War Middle East diplomacy ⓘ
influenced later ceasefire and border negotiations after the Iran–Iraq War ⓘ
language Arabic ⓘ
English ⓘ
French ⓘ
Persian ⓘ
legalStatusAfter1980 unilaterally abrogated by Iraq ⓘ
mediatedBy Houari Boumédiène ⓘ
obligated Iran to cease support for Iraqi Kurdish rebels ⓘ
Iraq to recognize the thalweg as the river boundary ⓘ
placeInHistory key turning point in Iran–Iraq relations prior to 1979 Iranian Revolution ⓘ
preceded Iran–Iraq War ⓘ
predecessorTo subsequent Iran–Iraq border demarcation efforts ⓘ
principleUsed thalweg principle ⓘ
providedFor demarcation of land border along the thalweg of the Shatt al-Arab ⓘ
recognizedBy United Nations ⓘ
relatedToConflict Iran–Iraq War ⓘ
Iraqi–Kurdish conflict ⓘ
repudiatedBy Iraq ⓘ
repudiatedByLeader Saddam Hussein ⓘ
repudiatedOn 1980-09-17 ⓘ
resultedIn end of overt Iranian support for Iraqi Kurds ⓘ
temporary normalization of Iran–Iraq relations ⓘ
signedBy Mohammad Reza Pahlavi ⓘ
Saddam Hussein ⓘ
signedInCity Algiers ⓘ
signedInCountry Algeria ⓘ
signedOn 1975-03-06 ⓘ
subject Iran–Iraq border ⓘ
Shatt al-Arab waterway ⓘ
linked to: Shatt al-Arab

territorial disputes ⓘ
UNCharterArticle Article 102 ⓘ

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Iran–Iraq War → preWarTreaty → 1975 Algiers Agreement ⓘ
Shatt al-Arab → subjectOfTreaty → Algiers Agreement (1975) ⓘ
linked to: 1975 Algiers Agreement
1975 Algiers Agreement → alsoKnownAs → Algiers Accord of 1975 ⓘ
linked to: 1975 Algiers Agreement
Mali War → peaceProcess → Algiers Agreement ⓘ
linked to: 1975 Algiers Agreement
Iran–Iraq border region → governedByTreaty → Algiers Agreement 1975 ⓘ
linked to: 1975 Algiers Agreement
Protocol regarding the demarcation of the land boundary → relatedInstrument → Algiers Agreement of 1975 ⓘ
linked to: 1975 Algiers Agreement
Protocol regarding the Shatt al-Arab boundary → partOf → Algiers Agreement (1975) ⓘ
linked to: 1975 Algiers Agreement
Protocol regarding the Shatt al-Arab boundary → relatedToAgreement → 1975 Algiers Agreement between Iran and Iraq ⓘ
linked to: 1975 Algiers Agreement
Protocol regarding frontier markers → partOf → Algiers Agreement (1975) ⓘ
linked to: 1975 Algiers Agreement
Protocol regarding frontier markers → followsFrom → Algiers Agreement (1975) ⓘ
linked to: 1975 Algiers Agreement