Alternative History
Alternative History
Iranian Civil War
Iranian Civil War
Imperial soldiers firing at the Islamic soldiers
Date 9 January 1979 – 7 March 1985 (6 years, 1 month, 3 weeks and 5 days)
Place Iran
Result Stalemate
  • Division of Iran into East and West Iran
  • Tensions remain until 2011
Territorial changes Iran territorially divided into west and east
Belligerents
Flag of Iran with standardized lion and sun National Consultative Assembly
Supported by:
Flag of the German Empire Germany
Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom
Flag of Iran (1964–1980) Islamic Consultative Assembly
Supported by
Flag of Saudi Arabia Arabia
Imperial Ethiopia Ethiopia

The Iranian Civil War (Persian: جنگ داخلی در ایران, lit. 'Civil War in Iran') was a protracted civil war that took place in Iran from 1979 to 1985. It was fought between the Imperial Government and the revolutionary Islamic Government, and was a direct result of the revolution that had begun a year prior. It is the most bloody war in Persian history, as over 200,000 people were killed in the overall conflict.

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