Editing Badr Organization (section)

=== SCIRI ===
The organization was formed in Iran in 1982 as the military wing of the [[Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq]]. It was based in Iran for two decades during the rule of [[Saddam Hussein]] and led by Iranian officers. It consisted of several thousand Iraqi exiles, refugees, and Iraqi Army defectors who fought alongside Iranian troops in the [[Iran–Iraq War]]. The group was armed and directed by Iran.

They briefly returned to Iraq in 1991 during the [[1991 Iraqi uprising]] to fight against Saddam Hussein, focusing on the Shia holy cities of [[Najaf]] and [[Karbala]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.merip.org/mer/mer176/why-uprisings-failed|title=Why the Uprisings Failed |date=4 May 1992 |publisher=Middle East Research and Information Project|access-date=22 May 2017}}</ref> They retreated into Iran after the uprising was crushed.

In 1995, during the [[Kurdish Civil War]], Iran deployed 5,000 Badr fighters to Iraqi Kurdistan.<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.meforum.org/384/turkey-and-iran-face-off-in-kurdistan/|title=Turkey and Iran Face off in Kurdistan|date=March 1998|journal=The Middle East Quarterly|last1=Gunter|first1=Michael M.}}</ref>