📅 28 Februari 1989
As Eduard Shevardnadze ended his regional trip, reporting noted that his Iranian discussions included reopening talks with Iraq. Soviet diplomacy sought movement in the stalled postwar process.
📅 11 Januari 1990
Iran and Iraq accepted a Soviet proposal for their foreign ministers to meet in Moscow with Shevardnadze. Acceptance of the venue did not itself settle withdrawal or prisoner disputes.
📅 20 September 1986
Shultz and Shevardnadze discussed efforts to stop the war without victors or vanquished. Soviet diplomacy with both sides had produced no settlement, according to the record.
📅 24 September 1987
Shevardnadze and Shultz discussed whether ceasefire measures and an inquiry into responsibility could proceed in parallel, addressing a central obstacle in Iranian-Iraqi diplomacy.
📅 22 Oktober 1987
In Moscow, Shultz pressed for further action while Shevardnadze warned that U.S. naval deployment complicated UN diplomacy and urged intensified negotiations.
📅 7 December 1987
Geoffrey Howe raised Soviet cooperation on an arms embargo with Shevardnadze, according to a later British parliamentary account.
📅 21 Februari 1988
Shultz proposed a mandatory embargo with a thirty-day delay during Moscow talks. Shevardnadze stressed Soviet concerns over Iraq’s staying power and the U.S. Gulf fleet.
