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D. Two other nations lie between Israel which is on the Mediterranean Sea and Iran which is on the Persian Gulf.
D. Khamenei told officers at a Tehran military academy that anybody thinking of invading Iran "must ready himself to receive a strong slap and iron fist."
B. The war began when Iraq invaded Iran in September 1980 after a long history of border disputes. Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein also feared the Iranian Revolution could inspire an insurgency among Iraq's long-suppressed Shia majority. The war cost an estimated half a million lives and ended in stalemate.
A. Iran spends about 2.5 percent of its GDP on defense while the United States spends 4.06 percent, Israel spends 7.3 percent and Iraq spends 8.6 percent.