Pedzisa mutsara unotevera:
Iraq yakapinda muKuwait muna 1990, Iran yakatsoropodza ndokutonga kupinda kwacho. Chimiro ichi chakabva kuIran, chakatsigira vaKuwaiti, uye mubatanidzwa unorwisa Iraq wenyika dzePersian Gulf zvakabatsira kuvandudza ukama pakati peIran neGCC, kureva Saudi Arabia. Zvose zviri zviviri Iran neSaudi Arabia zvakaramba kushandiswa kwesimba semhinduro kuzvinetso zvomunharaunda uye zvakaramba kupindirwa kweKuwait neIraq. Iran yakaenda mberi, kupfurikidza nokutsigira zvirango zveUN kurwisana neIraq. Iran yakaona kubatwa kweKuwait neIraq sekutyisidzira kwakakomba, ichizviona sedanho rokutanga kune mafungiro ayo okuwedzera. Mukati mehondo, ukama pakati peIran neSaudi Arabia hwakanyunguduka zvikuru uye hukama hwepamutemo hwakadzorerwa muna 1991.