Rafsanjani receives authority to coordinate Iran’s armed forces

Iraqi jets struck tankers anchored at Iran’s Larak oil terminal, including the Seawise Giant. Damage to export shipping added economic pressure as the war approached its end.

Iran expressed displeasure that Resolution 612 did not identify Iraq’s responsibility for chemical weapons use. The letter articulated Tehran’s frustration with the Security Council’s response.

Iran reported alleged Iraqi chemical weapons use on 17 and 18 May. The 19 May submission recorded Tehran’s continuing complaints after the Council’s adoption of Resolution 612.

Iran’s third post-revolutionary Majlis held its inaugural session. Its term began before the ceasefire, linking the wartime political system with the approaching reconstruction period.

During the Moscow summit, Shultz reaffirmed support for a follow-up resolution to pressure the belligerents to end the war, showing diplomacy continuing before Iran’s acceptance.

Reagan’s report to Congress described licenses for some Iranian-origin goods under preexisting contracts. Exceptions coexisted with enforcement against carpets, food products and other Iranian...

France and Iran restored diplomatic relations after almost a year of confrontation. Reopening diplomacy occurred before the Iran–Iraq ceasefire and alongside continued regional tensions.

Mahallati reported an alleged chemical attack on Bawaleh-Hassan near Baneh on 14 June, stating that further details would follow. The complaint recorded preliminary Iranian casualty claims.

Council members told the secretary-general that they could not act on one side’s allegations alone and required independent technical confirmation, requesting cooperation on a further inquiry.

Iran informed the UN that it could not then receive the planned chemical-weapons mission because it could not provide safety assurances, delaying the investigation’s departure.