The Algeria Agreement of March 1975 Implications in the Middle East

Iran has long sought to encourage Iraq to agree to Tehran’s meaning of the border between the two countries, particularly along the Shat-Al-Arab water way. Concerned to establish his own supremacy in the area, the shah has moreover sought to restrict Iraqi influence and covert activities in the region, as well as to eliminate foreign leftist influences at work in Baghdad. The Algiers agreement of early March 1975 between Iran and Iraq appears to have achieved the Shah’s first aim; whether the Shah’s other goals could be attained appears more distrustful. Iraq, has been freed of its entanglement in the Kurdish rebellion and, for the time being of the prospect of a confrontation with Iraq. Baghdad’s foreign relations options have been substantially increased.

This article outlines the history and genesis of the implications of the Algiers agreement for the participants, Middle Eastern countries likewise the great powers. This study presented a significant amount of certainly not published details about these parties. It provides a brief history about the Iraq’s disagreement with the Iranian shah.  Particular attention is paid to link between Iraq, other Middle Eastern states and the great powers, and their future relations with each other.