1981-1990 (Tashkent Declaration)

1980

 * Operation Eagle Claw ends the Iranian hostage crisis.
 * The Nojeh coup overthrows the Islamic government. Ruhollah Khomeini escapes. Iran falls into chaos.
 * The Iraq-Iran War starts with the Iraqi invasion of Iran a day after the Nojeh coup succeeds. Iraqi forces take over Khuzestan.
 * The Democratic Party wins the US Presidential elections. Jimmy Carter continues as President.

1981

 * Ruhollah Khomeini retakes control of the government in Iran. The Iranian forces remain disorganised.


 * Iraqi forces occupy the entirety of Western Iran and occupy Isfahan. The Islamic government in Iran collapses. The Treaty of Tehran is signed between Iraq and Iran. Iraq annexes Khuzestan and the monarchy is restored in Iran. Reza Pahlavi is crowned Shahanshah of Iran. Iraq annexes Khuzestan and the decision is supported by the ethnic Arab majority of Khuzestan.


 * Operation Opera of the Israeli Air Force fails to damage the Osirak reactor.

1982

 * The communist FMLN wins the Salvadoran civil war with active Nicaraguan support. A communist regime is established in Salvador.
 * The communist URNG wins the Guatemalan Civil War and a communist regime is established in Guatemala.
 * The Senegambia Confederation is formed.

1983

 * The Jonas Savimbi led UNITA wins the Angolan Civil War. A pro-US government under Jonas Savimbi is established in Angola.
 * The Honduran civil war starts between the Honduran government and leftist groups backed by its communist neighbours.
 * Argentina invades the Falklands islands and sparks the Falklands War. The Falklands War ends with British defeat and the Falkland islands are annexed by Argentina.

1984

 * The Republican Party wins the US Presidential elections.

1985

 * George HW Bush becomes the President of the US.
 * Mikhail Gorbachev rises to power in the Soviet Union.

1986

 * The leftist groups win the Honduran Civil War and a communist regime is established.
 * The Soviet economy improves under reforms initiated by Gorbachev.

1987

 * The People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia is established.
 * The Socialist Republic of Central America is formed as a union between Guatemala, Nicaragua, Honduras and El Salvador with Tegucigalpa as its capital.

1988

 * India tests its first neutron bomb.

1989

 * Iraq tests its first nuclear weapon.
 * Israel tests a 400kt nuke in response to the Iraqi test.
 * The Lebanese Civil War ends. The Free Lebanon State is established in Southern Lebanon and Northern Lebanon is annexed by Syria.
 * A communist coup in Belize overthrows the Belizean government and calls for unification with the SRCA. Belize is integrated into the SRCA.