The Iran-Iraq War

The Iran-Iraq War which we've touched on a few times inevitably already began with Iraq's invasion of Iran in September 1980 just over a year after the revolution. What factors led to this war which lasted nearly eight years and killed hundreds of thousands of people? How did such a brutal war dominate the first decade of the Islamic Republic and obviously traumatizing Iranian society how did that shape the republic's trajectory? So I mean as I said I think it does go back to certain disagreements which some conflicts which had pre-existed the revolution so ongoing tensions around for instance the Sheppen-Alle of waterway and so on.