Khomeini asserts broad powers for Islamic government

Iran’s negotiator said a ceasefire required the UN to identify Iraq as the aggressor, preserving the dispute over accountability within the UN peace process.

Shultz told Tariq Aziz that Washington would press for Soviet support for an arms embargo against Iran during the Reagan-Gorbachev summit.

Geoffrey Howe raised Soviet cooperation on an arms embargo with Shevardnadze, according to a later British parliamentary account.

At his summit-ending press conference, Gorbachev argued for more time for UN diplomacy on the war, leaving the U.S. push for an immediate embargo unresolved.

An Iranian technical delegation arrived in Ankara to negotiate a proposed route from Khuzestan to Turkey’s Mediterranean coast. The project sought an overland alternative for oil exports.

Madarshahi informed the UN of alleged chemical artillery fire at Sardasht on 11 January, reporting injuries without a precise casualty total.

Iranian forces launched a winter offensive in the Mawat area, seeking high ground and bargaining leverage. The operation made limited gains and showed that Tehran continued to seek battlefield...

The offensive in the Mawat area ended after Iranian forces secured some high ground but failed to transform the front. Limited results and heavy costs reinforced the strategic deadlock of the war’s...

Iran and New Zealand reached an agreement exchanging Iranian crude for meat and dairy products. The arrangement used oil to obtain food while Iran faced wartime economic constraints.

Shultz proposed a mandatory embargo with a thirty-day delay during Moscow talks. Shevardnadze stressed Soviet concerns over Iraq’s staying power and the U.S. Gulf fleet.