Shintaro Abe

Rafsanjani discusses war and Iraqi credit with Japan’s minister

📅 7 Augustus 1983

Rafsanjani recorded a meeting with Japan’s Shintaro Abe about ending the war. He defended Iran’s peace conditions and questioned Japanese credit to Iraq.

Abe meets Iranian and Iraqi ministers separately at the UN

📅 September 1983

Abe separately met both foreign ministers, urging restraint amid tension over aircraft supplied to Iraq.