Zusammenfassung der Ressource
CONSEQUENCES OF
THE IRAN- IRAQ WAR
- FAILURE
- No Winner
- Saddam and Khomeini
stayed in power
- Neither Iraq nor Iran fulfilled their war
aims
- No change in the border between the countries
- Pre-war state was restablished
- No Diplomatic change
- Western Powers aligned
against Iraq in the first
Gulf War
- EFFECTS ON POPULATION
- Devastation for both sides
- DEATH TOLLS
- Iraq
- 250-500 Million Died
- Population of 17 Million
- Iran
- 1 Million Died
- Population of 50 Million
- 2% of each population dead
- Many others were also damaged
- Psychologically
Damaged
- Physically Wounded
- ECONOMIC
DAMAGE
- Iran had less debt
- Still faced bankruptcy
- However, its oil
revenues had halved
too
- Now $10 Billion
- Iraq had been transformed
- In 8 years, it went from
one of the Richest
countries down to a
bankrupt state
- Owed $80 Billion in Foreign Debt
- Annual oil revenues were halved
- Now $11 Billion
- Social Projects had to stop
- To make way for austerity
- CLAIM FOR VICTORY
- Saddam Hussein claimed victory of the war
- Stopped Islamic Revolution spreading
- Interrupted Khomeini from 'toppling' his regime
- Survival = Victory
- Monument built to celebrate
- The Swords of Qudisyah, Baghdad
- Two crossed swords held
by bronze fists
- However, he realised he needed to increase wealth in Iraq
- To satisfy the population