📅 30 September 1988
Britain and Iran agreed in New York to restore full diplomatic representation. The agreement opened a post-ceasefire path toward reopening embassies.
📅 29 October 1985
Howe set out British guidelines restricting lethal equipment and supplies that could prolong the war. He said the rules had been adopted in December 1984, while allowing qualified existing...
📅 3 December 1986
A Commons question challenged restrictions affecting chemical-defense equipment. Howe said he knew of no relevant export-license applications and referred to Britain’s existing wartime guidelines.
📅 7 December 1987
Geoffrey Howe raised Soviet cooperation on an arms embargo with Shevardnadze, according to a later British parliamentary account.
