U.S.-Iran Hostilities during the Iran-Iraq War/Definition

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A definition or brief description of U.S.-Iran Hostilities during the Iran-Iraq War.

Sometimes called the Tanker War, but also including retaliatory strikes on Iranian oil platfors and vessels, the shooting down of Iran Air Flight 655, and countermeasures to Iranian mining of international waters