Security Council voices alarm at intensified Iran-Iraq hostilities

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.

Iraqi aircraft bombed Qom and other Iranian cities after an Iranian missile attack on Baghdad. Religious importance offered no reliable shelter from the urban war.

The ICRC condemned bombardments of cities by both Iran and Iraq as grave breaches of wartime humanitarian rules, amid renewed attacks on urban populations.

Iranian forces opened an offensive on the central front while the much larger Karbala 5 battle was under way near Basra. The separate operation sought to draw Iraqi forces away from the southern...

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.

The operation concluded after several days. Iran’s simultaneous offensives stretched the Iraqi front but did not secure a decisive military outcome, contributing to the attritional character of the...

Iraqi warplanes bombed three Iranian cities after an Iranian missile strike on Baghdad. The repeated exchanges exposed civilians on both sides to retaliatory attacks.

Reagan condemned Iran’s offensive and reaffirmed support for Gulf partners’ defense, placing the ground war within Washington’s regional-security policy.

Iran offered to end the war of the cities, while Iraq rejected the proposal. Selective restraint remained separate from agreement on ending the entire war.

Iran reported Iraqi aircraft striking two schools in Mianeh and killing schoolgirls. The attack became a stated reason for further Iranian missile retaliation.