Latest content added for UNT Digital Library Collection: Congressional Research Service Reportshttps://digital.library.unt.edu/explore/collections/CRSR/browse/?fq=str_location_country:Iran&sort=date_d&fq=untl_decade:1980-19892007-06-12T16:33:18-05:00UNT LibrariesThis is a custom feed for browsing UNT Digital Library Collection: Congressional Research Service ReportsThe Iran-Iraq War: Implications for U.S. Policy2007-06-12T16:33:18-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metacrs9596/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metacrs9596/"><img alt="The Iran-Iraq War: Implications for U.S. Policy" title="The Iran-Iraq War: Implications for U.S. Policy" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metacrs9596/small/"/></a></p><p>This report discusses the Iran-Iraq conflict at its present state, which has become a war of attrition with neither side capable of achieving a decisive military victory over the other in the short term. U.S. policy concerns currently are threefold: first, that Iraq, despite moves to sustain its economic and military capacities, ultimately might suffer a destabilizing defeat to the detriment of U.S. interests in the Persian Gulf region; second, that future instability in Iran could open opportunities for Soviet exploitation; and third, that the conflict might expand beyond its present confines to threaten friendly regional states and the availability of their vast petroleum resources.</p>Arms Shipments to Iran2006-08-10T14:47:19-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metacrs9063/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metacrs9063/"><img alt="Arms Shipments to Iran" title="Arms Shipments to Iran" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metacrs9063/small/"/></a></p><p>This report provides background and examines key questions in regards to the shipments of arms to Iran and the subsequent diversion of funds to Nicaraguan guerrillas by the Reagan Administration.</p>