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things: history, economics, and military strategy.To understand Iran’s military strategy today, we need to go back to the Iran–Iraq War in the 1980s. During that war, Iran faced a major problem. Its air force relied heavily on American equipment purchased before the 1979 revolution. But after the r…

things: history, economics, and military strategy.To understand Iran’s military strategy today, we need to go back to the Iran–Iraq War in the 1980s. During that war, Iran faced a major problem. Its air force relied heavily on American equipment purchased before the 1979 revolution. But after the revolution, Western countries stopped selling weapons to Iran. That meant Iran suddenly had limited access to spare parts, aircraft, and modern weapons. The war showed Iranian leaders something