. . . "long standing dispute" . . . . "bilateral border disputes over the Shatt al-Arab waterway" . . "territorial border disputes between the two states" . "repudiated the demarcation line" . . "dispute over the waterway" . . "Shatt al-Arab" . "a territorial dispute between the two nations" . "their territorial dispute in the region" . . "Shatt al-Arab dispute" . "Iraq-Iran conflict" . . "controlling the Shatt al-Arab waterway and region" . "Shatt al-Arab dispute" .