President Ziaur Rahmans role as a peace broker in the Iran-Iraq war The Iran-Iraq war lasted started in September of 1980, and ended in August of 1988. This war was multifaceted and included religious schisms, border disputes, and political differences. The offensive started by Saddam Hossein, in an effort to consolidate his rising power in the Arab world. However from the beginning of this war many foreign governments tried to negotiate peace between the two enemies. A major attempt was taken by a high level Islamic Countrys mission in a bid to end the war when it was just 5 month old. This mission was made up of President Ziaur Rahman of Bangladesh; Presidents of Gambia, Guinea, Pakistan; high level ministers from a Turkey, Senegal, Malaysia, and the secretary general of the Islamic Conference. President Ziaur Rahman was the Vice President of this Organization then. The mission went to both Iran and Iraq. However the March 4 trip when they handed a peace proposals to both countries almost did not occur. When the team assembled in Jiddah the day before, there was a proposal to send the peace formula to Tehran and Baghdad through a representative of the delegation. However, Bangladesh President Ziaur Rahman, who was the ICO vice-president, argued that at least one more trip by the whole delegation was necessary. He won out, and it was during this [second] trip that the ice was broken. Later when Zia died in 1981 in a military assassination, both Iran and Iraq named two different roads after President Ziaur Rahman.
Posted on: Sat, 12 Apr 2014 14:35:29 +0000
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