The Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988) as a Cold War Proxy War.

Was the Iran-Iraq War a bizarro case of a Cold War proxy war in which the West supported the (relatively) Leftist state (Ba'athist Iraq) and the Eastern Bloc supported the (relatively) Hard Right/Conservative state (Iran)?

From Wikipedia

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There were a number of proxy forces operating for both countries—most notably the People's Mujahedin of Iran, which had sided with Iraq, and the Iraqi Kurdish militias of the KDP and PUK, which had sided with Iran. The United States, United Kingdom, Soviet Union, France, and most Arab countries provided an abundance of financial, political and logistical support for Iraq. While Iran was comparatively isolated to a large degree, it also received various forms of support, with its most notable sources of aid being Syria, Libya, China, North Korea, Israel, the Eastern bloc and Pakistan.

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Edit: And let's not forget that we somehow found a way to also supply Iran with arms in the war.

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While the United States directly fought Iran, citing freedom of navigation as a major casus belli, it also indirectly supplied some weapons to Iran as part of a complex and illegal programme that became known as the Iran–Contra affair. These secret sales were partly to help secure the release of hostages held in Lebanon, and partly to make money to help the Contras rebel group in Nicaragua. This arms-for-hostages agreement turned into a major scandal.

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