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[Display omitted] The Zagros orogenic belt is a major mountain system located in southwestern Iran and extending into northeastern Iraq and southeastern Turkey. It was formed as a result of the Late Paleogene-Early Neogene Arabian-Eurasian continental collision, where its proto-basin was impacted by the tectonic evolution during the Proto-Tethys and Paleo-Tethys development. The entire evolution history can be summarized through an integrated model of three Wilson cycles. This paper aims to provide an understanding of the complexities of plate motions that led to the evolution of the Zagros Fold-and-Thrust Belt, by integrating the time and space evolution of supercontinents. A comprehensive review of the Arabian plate tectonics suggests three main tectonic stages, including a period of rifting from the Late Cambrian to Carboniferous, a period of ocean closure during the Late Triassic and Jurassic, and a final collision during the Cenozoic. These tectonic evolution stages encompassed multiple episodes of basin uplifting and subsidence, marked by wide-spread fault reactivation and fold deformation. Three styles of deformation were identified and characterized, including thin-skinned, thick-skinned, and basement deformation. The closure of the Neo-Tethys Ocean resulted in compressional tectonics that reactivated dormant faults, and emplaced gypsum-salt sedimentary caprock. The genetic analysis concurrently proposes a scientific framework for the characterization of structural deformation in similar convergent plate systems globally. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]