Iran submits a table of alleged March chemical attacks

An Iraqi bombing raid hit Tehran before Islamic Republic Day celebrations. Iranian accounts described deaths and destruction as the urban air campaign continued.

Manuel Dominguez began visiting European hospitals treating Iranian patients, gathering clinical evidence for the UN’s investigation of alleged chemical exposure.

A funeral for victims of the previous day’s raid became a demonstration supporting Iran’s war effort. Public mourning was tied to official calls for continued resistance.

Iraq fired missiles into two Iranian border cities. Iran warned of retaliation while the prospect of pausing attacks on cities remained contested.

The period of intensified urban attacks eased, but civilian vulnerability remained. The war’s urban front illustrated the widening human impact beyond combatants and the weakness of international...

Iran alleged that chemical projectiles fired at Khorramshahr on 17 April caused eye and throat irritation, adding another dated complaint to the UN record.

The Security Council condemned renewed chemical-weapons use after a UN doctor concluded that Iranian soldiers had been exposed during March 1985. The statement did not name the perpetrator.

The Council president asked the secretary-general to examine arrangements for promptly investigating further chemical-weapons allegations, responding to the need for timely evidence.

Reagan wrote to Gorbachev proposing expert talks on chemical weapons, citing their use in the Iran-Iraq War as a pressing concern.

A supplementary UN medical report described evidence suggesting organophosphorus poisoning among Iranian patients and identified tabun as a possible agent, rather than a certain identification.