Reagan’s advisers debate continuing the arms channel

Iran sent the UN a list of teenage Iraqi prisoners, saying it was intended to inform the Secretary-General and reassure their families. The communication concerned identification, not repatriation.

Rajaie Khorassani corrected an Iraqi response to Iran’s Minou Island complaint, explaining that his earlier letter reported eight injured people, not eight deaths.

A CIA-linked aircraft delivered 18 HAWK missiles to Iran. The missiles differed from what Iranian contacts expected and carried Israeli markings; no hostages were freed following the delivery.

Prime Minister Mir-Hossein Mousavi presented the 1986–87 budget draft to the Majlis. Its projected $18.9 billion oil income shows the importance of export earnings to wartime finances.

A Syrian delegation’s Tehran visit ended with agreement on future Iranian oil supplies. The arrangement tied Syria’s energy needs to its alliance with Iran.

Amiram Nir presented a plan involving an initial Israeli shipment of 500 TOW missiles to Iran and hoped-for hostage releases. The proposal sought to restart the channel after the troubled HAWK...

Iraqi forces launched an attack on the contested islands captured in part by Iran in 1984. Control of Majnoon mattered for access to the southern front and the marshlands; the fighting demonstrated...

MEES reported NIOC and Shell finalizing a 1986 crude-supply deal exceeding 100,000 barrels daily. Netback pricing linked Iranian sales to refined-product values in Northwest Europe.

The assault concluded after several days of fighting. The contested position remained central to subsequent operations, while Iran prepared a major southern offensive toward al-Faw that would become...

MEES reported agreement to raise Iran–Turkey trade exchanges to $3 billion in 1986 after Turgut Ozal’s Tehran visit. Regional commerce offered Iran an important wartime supply connection.