ka boroa ke Persian Gulf le Gulf of Oman, le ka bophirimela ke Turkey le Iraq. Iran e akaretsa sebaka sa 1,648,195 km2 (636,372 sq mi), e nang le baahi
kakaretso, ho okamela leano la Iraq ho ile ha fetoha boikarabello ba Biden: Ho thoe Obama o itse, "Joe, u etsa Iraq." Biden o itse Iraq "e ka ba e 'ngoe ea likatleho
2001 li ile tsa fella ka hore United States e qale ntoa ea bokhukhuni, e neng e kenyelletsa Ntoa ea Afghanistan (2001-2021) le Ntoa ea Iraq (2003-2011).