Secretary-General proposes a fact-finding mission

Iraqi aircraft broke the sound barrier over Tehran, according to Iranian reporting. Residents contacted by telephone described sirens calling people to shelter.

Iraq handed 190 Iranian prisoners to the ICRC in Ankara for repatriation. The ICRC stated that 87 were severely wounded or sick.

A U.S. memorandum sought decisions on dual-use truck exports and other restrictions for Iraq. It acknowledged that easing controls could reinforce perceptions of a U.S. tilt against Iran.

Iran’s letter to the Conference on Disarmament reported an alleged Iraqi chemical attack near Piranshahr. The record dates the letter, not its later circulation on 13 February.

Missile and air attacks on urban centres intensified during the first half of February. Iranian civilians faced the direct effects of a conflict that increasingly targeted cities as well as military...

The ICRC issued another memorandum concerning prisoner protections in the conflict. Its continuing appeals showed that previous interventions had not settled humanitarian concerns.

Iran’s UN correspondence reported Iraqi missiles damaging homes, a hospital and a school in Dezful. The account documents Iranian claims about harm to civilian services.

Ali Akbar Velayati welcomed fact-finding but accused Iraq’s supporters of obstructing an effective UN response. His letter sought examination of chemical warfare evidence and documented Iran’s...

Iran launched two linked offensives along a broad front between Mehran and Bostan. The attacks aimed to stretch Iraqi defenses and secure strategic ground; they formed part of a costly cycle of...

Iranian jets attacked Baghdad’s outskirts and a nearby city in retaliation for Iraqi raids. Iraqi reporting described civilian casualties, exposing the harm of reciprocal urban attacks.