Q. The dispute over Shatt-al-Arab region gave way to which of the following wars in modern world history?
Answer: Iran-Iraq War
Notes: The dispute over the Shatt al-Arab region led to the Iran-Iraq War. The Shatt al-Arab is a river that forms the border between Iran and Iraq. The dispute was one of the factors that led to the war, which lasted from 1980–1988.
The war was also motivated by Iraq's desire to replace Iran as the dominant Persian Gulf state. Iraq also wanted to take control of the oil-rich province of Khuzestan.
The war had a devastating impact on Iran. Iraq used chemical weapons against Iran, which caused Iran's cities to be ruined and its economy to regress for about 30 years.
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