Editing Strait of Hormuz (section)

===Tanker War===
The [[Iran–Iraq War#Attacks on shipping|Tanker War]] phase of the [[Iran–Iraq War]] started when Iraq attacked the oil terminal and oil tankers at Iran's [[Kharg Island]] in early 1984.<ref name=efraimkarsh>{{cite book |last=Karsh |first=Efraim |title=The Iran–Iraq War: 1980–1988 |url=https://archive.org/details/iraniraqwar00kars |url-access=limited |pages=[https://archive.org/details/iraniraqwar00kars/page/n3 1]–8, 12–16, 19–82 |publisher=Osprey Publishing |date=25 April 2002 |isbn=978-1-84176-371-2}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Strait of Hormuz – Tanker War |url=https://www.strausscenter.org/strait-of-hormuz-tanker-war/ |access-date=6 August 2021 |website=The Strauss Center |language=en-US |archive-date=6 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210806115032/https://www.strausscenter.org/strait-of-hormuz-tanker-war/ |url-status=live}}</ref> [[Saddam Hussein]]'s aim in attacking Iranian shipping was, among other things, to provoke the Iranians to retaliate with extreme measures, such as closing the Strait of Hormuz to all maritime traffic, thereby bringing American intervention.<ref name=efraimkarsh /> Iran limited the retaliatory attacks to Iraqi shipping, leaving the strait open.<ref name=efraimkarsh />