Between 1980 and 1988, up to one million Iranians were killed in a war where the United States provided intelligence, weapons, and diplomatic cover to the country gassing them with chemical weapons.

This episode covers:

- Saddam Hussein's invasion with tacit US support

- Chemical weapons attacks the US knew about and covered for

- The birth of the IRGC and asymmetric warfare doctrine

- Why Iran built its proxy network after fighting alone

- How this war created the military machine facing the US today

Part of the Iran War Report Context Series.

No spin. No sides. Just signal.