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Iran finalized an agreement for renewed gas sales to the Soviet Union, advancing beyond the earlier cooperation framework. Contract terms did not establish actual delivered volumes.

MEES reported a Lummus contract to assess war damage at the former Iran-Japan petrochemical complex at Bandar Khomeini. Assessment preceded decisions about restoration.

Iraq rejected Iran’s proposal for an immediate prisoner exchange and return to prewar borders, offering a joint committee instead. The response preserved the postwar negotiating deadlock.

MEES reported large proposed foreign-exchange allocations in Iran’s reworked five-year plan. Proposed financing and investment figures were not completed expenditures.

MEES reported efforts to revive stalled Bandar Abbas refinery negotiations after disagreements over cost and repayment. The report did not confirm a completed construction contract.

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.

The ICRC archive records a repatriation of wounded and sick prisoners. Such limited returns preceded the much larger exchanges later in 1990.

The published plan’s bibliographic title identifies parliamentary ratification on 31 January 1990. The plan supplied a framework for postwar reconstruction and development.

MEES reported Guardian Council approval of the five-year plan. This constitutional review stage was distinct from parliamentary ratification and actual implementation.

MEES reported contracts with French and Japanese firms for damaged offshore facilities at Salman and Sirri. Signing repair agreements did not establish that all work was finished.