The following lists events that happened during 1981 in Iraq.
Incumbents President: Saddam Hussein Prime Minister: Saddam Hussein Vice President: Taha Muhie-eldin Marouf
Events January 5 January – For the first time since Iraq had invaded its territory in September, Iran launched a counterattack, concentrating its armies at Sousangerd. After 18 months, Iraqi forces had been driven out of Iran, which then began a drive toward capturing Iraqi territory. The war would continue until 1988.Saskia Gieling, Religion and War in Revolutionary Iran (I.B.Tauris, 1999) pp20-22
June 7 June – Israel bombs the nearly completed but not operational Iraqi nuclear reactor 18 miles south of Baghdad in an operation known as Operation Opera. It was the world's first attack on a nuclear plant.
Deaths
25 June – Saleh Yousefi Kurdish politician.(b.1918)
Date unknown
Nureddin Mahmud – Politician and military commander.(b.1889)
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