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The Iran–Iraq War, known as the Sacred Defense (defa-e moqaddas) in Iran, was an armed conflict between Iran and Iraq lasting from 22 September 1980, when Iraq invaded Iran, to August 1988. The war followed a long history of border disputes, and was motivated by fears that the Iranian Revolution in 1979 would inspire insurgency among Iraq's long-suppressed Shi'i majority, as well as Iraq's desire to replace Iran as the dominant Persian Gulf state. Although Iraq hoped to take advantage of Iran's revolutionary chaos and attacked without formal warning, it made only limited progress into Iran and was quickly repelled; Iran regained virtually all lost territory by June 1982. For the next six years, Iran was on the offensive.

KM# 1254.1 has 22 shields, flat lettering, 1.48 mm thick
KM# 1254.2 has 20 shields, strong lettering, the big ٠ is slightly rectangular, 1.46 mm thick
KM# 1254.3 has 20 shields, strong lettering, the big ٠ is square