23 September 1980
Bombing of Abadan
Iraq bombs the Abadan refinery
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Abadan in Iraq. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Iraq bombs the Abadan refinery
Iran relieves its besieged port of Abadan
Provenance
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