Khomeini issues an eight-point decree on legal safeguards

An Islamic goodwill mission led by Senegal’s Moustapha Niasse arrived in Tehran in another effort to end the war. The delegation’s arrival did not establish an agreed settlement.

Iran launched another offensive on the southern-central front. The operation formed part of a shift from expelling Iraqi forces from Iranian territory to applying pressure inside Iraq, a strategic...

The campaign produced only small gains at heavy cost. Its outcome illustrated the growing difficulty Iran faced in attacking prepared Iraqi defenses and the widening gap between revolutionary...

Iran held its first election for the Assembly of Experts responsible for leadership selection and oversight. This was a different institution from the assembly that drafted the 1979 Constitution.

Resolution 37/98 D requested investigations of possible Geneva Protocol violations, expert and laboratory lists, and procedures for prompt evidence collection. Iran later invoked this authority.

Iran reported Iraqi long-range missiles hitting populated areas of Dezful. The attack underscored the continuing vulnerability of Khuzestan’s cities after major Iranian battlefield gains.

Iranian forces opened an offensive in the southern sector. The operation sought to break Iraqi defenses but failed, demonstrating that Iran’s post-1982 cross-border offensives faced formidable...

The offensive in the Musian area concluded without achieving its principal objective. Iran continued to mobilize volunteers and conduct repeated offensives, while Iraq increasingly relied on defensive...

Iran’s ambassador later identified 2 March as the date of an Iraqi attack on offshore oil wells. The damaged Nowruz facilities became a major pollution and repair crisis.

Iran’s delegation said it would continue the war despite Indira Gandhi’s appeal for peace. Competing Iranian and Iraqi demands complicated the Non-Aligned summit.