Mostafa Chamran is killed near Dehlavieh

A report described Iran’s Foreign Ministry calling renewed nonaligned peace suggestions encouraging, while state radio still opposed negotiating with Iraq.

William Eagleton and Tariq Aziz discussed improving U.S.–Iraqi relations and trade. The rapprochement developed while Iran was still fighting to recover occupied territory.

Khomeini stripped Bani-Sadr of command of the armed forces. The decision deepened a political struggle at the top of Iran’s wartime government before the president’s impeachment and dismissal.

An ICRC operation returned 25 seriously wounded Iranian prisoners of war to Tehran airport. The return provided an early humanitarian route home during continuing combat.

A large protest against efforts to remove Bani-Sadr led to clashes and arrests in Tehran. Executions and repression followed, widening the internal crisis while Iran remained at war with Iraq.

Khomeini dismissed Bani-Sadr from the presidency following the Majlis vote. Iran’s early wartime president lost office as clerical leaders consolidated their control over the political system.

A bomb concealed in a tape recorder wounded Ali Khamenei during a mosque appearance. The attack injured a senior revolutionary figure months before he became Iran’s wartime president.

An explosion at the Islamic Republican Party’s Tehran headquarters killed Mohammad Beheshti and many senior officials. The loss intensified Iran’s political emergency during the war.

A CIA assessment judged that Iraq sought to use the Israeli reactor raid to weaken Syrian and Libyan support for Iran. The document examined regional realignment during the ongoing war.

A British parliamentary answer recorded £85.7 million in petroleum-related imports from Iran in 1980. Oil commerce continued during the year that Iraq invaded Iran.