White House reveals diversion of Iran arms proceeds

Resolution 588 urged Iran and Iraq to implement Resolution 582 without delay and asked the Secretary-General to intensify his efforts. The Council continued seeking a settlement while combat...

Turkish officials said normal Iraqi oil flows continued despite Iran’s claims about strikes at Kirkuk. Competing accounts showed the strategic importance of export infrastructure.

Five hundred U.S.-made TOW missiles held in Israel were delivered to Iran through the second channel. Public exposure of the secret initiative followed within days.

The Lebanese publication Al-Shiraa reported McFarlane’s secret visit to Tehran. The disclosure brought Iran’s covert U.S. arms contacts into public view and destabilized the initiative.

Reagan publicly acknowledged sending weapons to Iran but denied trading arms for hostages. His televised address sought to defend the initiative after its exposure.

Iraqi warplanes attacked Iran’s Larak oil-shipping facility near the Strait of Hormuz, setting tankers on fire. The raid endangered an export route developed away from Iraq’s earlier strikes on Kharg.

Iran reported that Iraqi aircraft bombed Andimeshk and Dezful on 25 November, damaging civilian buildings. The attack brought the war’s air campaign into towns supporting the southwestern front.

UPI relayed Jane’s reporting that Soviet arms reached Iran through intermediaries. The account contrasted indirect Iranian access with the Soviet Union’s role as Iraq’s principal supplier.

A Commons question challenged restrictions affecting chemical-defense equipment. Howe said he knew of no relevant export-license applications and referred to Britain’s existing wartime guidelines.

Shultz told Congress that Washington would discourage further arms sales to Iran and linked better relations to ending the war and changing other policies.