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Israeli support for Iran during the Iran-Iraq War refers to clandestine support of Iran provided by Israel during the Iran–Iraq War. == Arms supply == According to Ronen Bergman, Israel sold Iran US$75 million worth of arms from stocks of Israel Military Industries, Israel Aircraft Industries and Israel Defense Forces stockpiles, in their Operation Seashell in 1981.〔(Ronen Bergman, ''The Secret War with Iran'' ), Free Press, 2008, p.40-48〕 Materiel included 150 M-40 antitank guns with 24,000 shells for each gun, spare parts for tank and aircraft engines, 106 mm, 130 mm, 203 mm and 175 mm shells and TOW missiles. This material was transported first by air by Argentine airline Transporte Aéreo Rioplatense and then (after the 1981 Armenia mid-air collision) by ship. According to Trita Parsi, Israeli support for Iran consisted of several elements:〔Parsi, Trita ''Treacherous Alliance: The secret dealings of Israel, Iran and the United States'', by Trita Parsi, Yale University Press, 2007〕 * Arms sales to Iran that totaled an estimated $500 million from 1981 to 1983 according to the Jafe Institute for Strategic Studies at Tel Aviv University. Most of it was paid for by Iranian oil delivered to Israel.〔 "According to Ahmad Haidari, "an Iranian arms dealer working for the Khomeini regime, roughly 80% of the weaponry bought by Tehran" immediately after the onset of the war originated in Israel.〔 * Arms shipments from the U.S. to Iran in the Iran-Contra Affair facilitated by Israel. * Israel's June 7, 1981 attack on Iraq's Osirak nuclear reactor which set back Iraq's nuclear program. In fact, Iran bombed them first, back in 1980, but they only damaged secondary buildings. * Israel is also reported to have supplied instructors and non-armaments help to Iran for the war effort. According to Mark Phythian, the fact "that the Iranian air force could function at all" after Iraq's initial attack and "was able to undertake a number of sorties over Baghdad and strike at strategic installations" was "at least partly due to the decision of the Reagan administration to allow Israel to channel arms of US origin to Iran to prevent an easy and early Iraqi victory."〔Phythian, Mark. ''Arming Iraq : How the U.S. and Britain Secretly Built Saddam's War Machine'', p.20〕 Israeli arms dealer Yaacov Nimrodi apparently signed a deal with Iran's Ministry of National Defense to sell $135,842,000 worth of arms, including Lance missiles, Copperhead shells and Hawk missiles.〔〔Jane Hunter, November 1986, ''Washington Report on Middle East Affairs'', (Israeli Arms Sales to Iran )〕 In March 1982, ''The New York Times'' cited documents indicating that Israel had supplied half or more of all arms reaching Tehran in the previous 18 months, amounting to at least $100 million in sales. The Milan weekly ''Panorama'' reported that Israel had sold the Khomeini regime 45,000 Uzi submachine guns, anti-tank missile launchers, missiles, howitzers and aircraft replacement parts. "A large part of the booty from the PLO during the 1982 Lebanon campaign wound up in Tehran," the magazine claimed.〔Scott, Peter Dale, ''The Iran-Contra Connection: Secret Teams and Covert Operations in Reagan Era'', 1987, South End Press, (p. 169-174 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Israeli support for Iran during the Iran–Iraq war」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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