Saddam Hussein Iran Iraq War. Iran s threatening of iraq Causes of war • the immediate cause was that iraqi president saddam hussein was concerned about iranian efforts to undermine his regime.

On 5 november 2006, saddam was convicted by an iraqi court of crimes against humanity related to the 1982 killing of 148 iraqi shi’a and sentenced to death by hanging. After iraq lost the gulf war, yemenis were deported en masse from kuwait by the restored government. • he also wanted to increase his influence in the persian gulf by seizing key geographic areas.