The Cultural Revolution started in 1980, with an original closure of universities for 3 years, in buy to execute an inspection and clear up in the cultural plan of the education and learning and training program. On 22 September 1980, the Iraqi military invaded the western Iranian province of Khuzestan, initiating the Iran-Iraq War. Tobias, Scott (September 15, 2011). "Interview: Nicholas Winding Refn".