📅 7 April 1980
Washington broke diplomatic relations during the hostage crisis. For Iran, the rupture preceded the Iraqi invasion and further narrowed channels with a major power as Tehran faced regional threats and...
📅 9 January 1987
Iran told the UN that Iraqi aircraft attacked Susangerd and villages near Dezful, reporting civilian deaths and injuries. The account is recorded as Iran’s allegation in the UN Yearbook, not as an...
📅 10 January 1987
Iran reported that Iraqi missile and air attacks had killed more than 90 people and wounded over 280, and alleged chemical weapons had been used during the preceding days. These figures are attributed...
📅 12 January 1987
Iran alleged that Iraqi missiles and aircraft struck Borujerd, Isfahan, Ilam, Eslamabad-e-Gharb, Arak and Kashan between 10 and 12 January. The reported casualty totals differed across...
📅 13 January 1987
Iran told the United Nations that attacks on Khorramabad and Bakhtaran had caused deaths and injuries. The Yearbook records this as an Iranian report during the sharp January escalation.
📅 14 January 1987
Iran called on the United Nations to take effective steps to halt Iraqi attacks on Iranian cities, turning the civilian-bombing dispute into a formal diplomatic appeal.
📅 18 February 1987
Iran alleged Iraqi aircraft bombed towns and villages on 11–15 February, reporting civilian deaths and injuries. Iraq filed contrary allegations; the UN records both claims without independently...
📅 19 February 1987
The pause announced by Iraq took effect, while both governments continued to exchange allegations of attacks and the announcement excluded military targets. The conditional measure did not end the War...
📅 24 February 1987
In response to Iraqi allegations, Iran said its retaliatory actions were aimed at industrial and economic quarters and that it remained committed to avoiding civilian areas. These are Iran’s stated...
📅 27 February 1987
Iran said it would welcome any verifiable international initiative requiring strict observance of the laws governing hostilities. Tehran continued to demand effective action against attacks on...
📅 19 March 1987
Iran reported that Hassan Ali Ashraf, an Iranian combatant wounded by chemical weapons, died in Recklinghausen, West Germany, on 13 March. The case illustrates that exposure could require prolonged...
📅 7 April 1987
Iran charged at the UN that Iraq had used chemical weapons in the Karbala-5 operational area on 7 March. This record captures the later diplomatic complaint and clearly attributes the allegation to...
📅 10 April 1987
Iran told the UN that Iraq had used chemical weapons three times since 7 April in the Karbala-8 theatre, wounding combatants. The UN Yearbook also records Iraqi counter-allegations about Iranian...
📅 13 April 1987
Iran alleged that chemical shells and rockets containing mustard gas were used on 10–11 April, causing deaths and injuries. Iraq made separate allegations concerning Iranian chemical use, underscoring...
📅 16 April 1987
Iran protested that Iraqi aircraft dropped chemical bombs on Kandar and Aloot near Baneh on 16 April, reporting 10 people wounded. The allegation appears in the UN Yearbook’s record of communications.
📅 21 April 1987
Iran called on the UN specialist team visiting Iraq to inspect suspected chemical-weapons production facilities as well as investigate field attacks. The request broadened the dispute from battlefield...
📅 27 April 1987
Iran charged that Iraq used chemical weapons in the Baneh and Sardasht areas on 21 April, injuring people. The UN Yearbook records this claim and further disputes over reported attacks on villages...
📅 15 May 1987
Iran forwarded photographs said to show the effects of chemical weapons on residents, including children, in Alut village near Baneh. The submission formed part of Tehran’s campaign for...
📅 2 June 1987
Iran told the UN that Iraqi aircraft dropped chemical bombs on Sarsool and Bolhassan villages in Baneh on 7 May, wounding 92 people. The number is attributed to the Iranian report reproduced in the UN...
📅 10 June 1987
Iran alleged that Iraqi artillery attacked a brigade of the Malteh battalion near Baneh with chemical weapons on 24 May. The allegation was part of a continuing series of reports submitted to the UN.
📅 17 June 1987
Iran complained that chemical shells were fired at Iranian positions in the Husseiniyeh operational theatre on 14 June. Tehran argued that the repeated attacks required a stronger international...
📅 21 June 1987
Iran sent the UN statements attributed to four Iraqi pilot prisoners of war, who said they had been threatened and compelled to use chemical weapons. Iraq later rejected the statements and said the...
📅 23 June 1987
Iran charged that Iraqi forces used suffocating and nerve agents on 21 June in areas around Mawut, reporting about 120 injured. The UN Yearbook identifies the reported locations and delivery by...
📅 29 June 1987
Iran said Iraqi helicopters fired chemical rockets in its northwestern region on 26 June, injuring more than 60 people. The account was submitted to the UN as the attacks on Sardasht were also being...
📅 29 June 1987
Iran reported Iraqi air attacks on Sardasht on 28 and 29 June and said chemical agents had harmed residents. Later letters updated the reported casualty figures, which are treated as contemporaneous...
📅 2 July 1987
Iran reported that Iraqi aircraft bombed the outskirts of Sardasht on 1 July. The town’s exposure became a focus of Iranian diplomatic efforts and international concern over chemical weapons and...
📅 13 July 1987
Iran alleged that Iraqi helicopters attacked Sardasht on 29 June, artillery fired nerve-agent shells near Baneh on 1 July, and aircraft chemically bombarded the Piranshahr-Sardasht road on 11 July.
📅 29 July 1987
Iran forwarded photographs it said showed women and children harmed in the Sardasht bombardments, urging the international community to prevent further attacks. The photographs were part of Tehran’s...
📅 16 October 1987
A missile struck the U.S.-flagged tanker Sea Isle City near Kuwait, injuring crew members. Washington blamed Iran and soon attacked Iranian oil platforms; Tehran disputed U.S. claims about its role.
📅 26 July 1988
Six days after Iran accepted Resolution 598, the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (MEK) launched an incursion from Iraqi territory into western Iran. The invasion was backed by Iraq and...
📅 6 August 1988
Saddam Hussein said Iraq was prepared to settle the conflict if Iran agreed to direct negotiations after a truce. The exchange followed Iran’s acceptance of Resolution 598 and preceded UN-sponsored...
