Iran transmits Iraqi POW testimony about chemical warfare

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...

Britain ordered Iran’s Manchester consulate closed and expelled diplomats after the detention of Edward Chaplin in Tehran. Diplomatic confrontation deepened during the war.

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.

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...

A U.S. arms survey listed no American sales to Iran or Iraq for 1981-85. An ACDA official explained that covert operations were excluded, limiting what its published figures could establish.

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...

Iranian gunboats were reported to have attacked two supertankers after renewed Iraqi shipping strikes. The expanding tanker war endangered neutral vessels as well as Iranian exports.

Iraqi chemical bombing struck Sardasht in northwestern Iran, exposing civilians to mustard gas. The attack became a lasting symbol of Iranian civilian suffering and the long-term health costs of...

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...

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...