Mustard-gas bombing reaches Oshnavieh

Iran submitted a letter concerning chemical weapons use after its acceptance of Resolution 598. The complaint showed that Tehran continued reporting battlefield harm while ceasefire arrangements...

Iran’s representative reported Iraqi military operations against civilian areas on 23 and 24 July. The 25 July letter documented a further civilian protection complaint during the ceasefire...

Six days after Iran accepted Resolution 598, the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (MEK) launched an incursion from Iraqi territory into western Iran. The invasion was backed by Iraq and...

Iranian forces counterattacked MEK units advancing through Kermanshah province. The Iranian government portrayed the incursion as an Iraqi-backed attempt to exploit the ceasefire decision; Mersad...

UN officials urged consideration of direct talks, while Iranian representative Javad Zarif described the current meetings as consultations with the secretary-general.

A clinical addendum documented Iranian patients examined during the July mission, recording exposure histories, initial symptoms, protection and observed clinical signs. Patient reports and medical...

A separate clinical addendum recorded Iraqi patients’ reported exposure circumstances and examination findings from the July inquiry. It documented injuries without establishing Iranian responsibility...

Velayati asked for an immediate expert mission after the reported Oshnavieh chemical attack, stressing that evidence remained available and requesting unequivocal Council condemnation.

The head of the UN technical team submitted a report to Pérez de Cuéllar. Its assessment helped prepare arrangements needed before a ceasefire date could be fixed.

Iraq transmitted its military spokesman’s denial of Iran’s Oshnavieh chemical-bombing allegation and accused Tehran of using it to obstruct peace negotiations. The denial was an Iraqi position.