19 February 1986
Capture of Faw
Iran captures the port of Faw & gains control of the Shatt al-Arab waterway
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Faw in Iran. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Iran captures the port of Faw & gains control of the Shatt al-Arab waterway
Provenance
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