ICRC addresses states over wartime humanitarian breaches

Iran demanded that Iraq apologize for bombing its oil wells. Both countries had agreed to attend pollution talks but had not accepted a ceasefire for repairs.

Iran began a central-front offensive near Amara. It was one of several 1983 operations that attempted to penetrate Iraqi territory but made no decisive change to the front, adding to the war’s...

The April offensive ended without a decisive breakthrough. Repeated Iranian ground assaults and Iraq’s defensive system produced a prolonged war of attrition, with neither side able to convert...

Rafsanjani’s diary records a missile strike on Dezful the previous night. His account describes debate over retaliation and Khomeini’s instruction to exercise patience.

The ICRC handed 32 Iranian prisoners held by Iraq to Iranian representatives, according to its contemporary external-activities report.

George Shultz met Tariq Aziz to discuss the war and bilateral relations. The meeting formed part of a growing U.S.–Iraqi dialogue as Iran sought to sustain pressure on Iraq.

Iranian radio reported two Iraqi missiles hitting Andimeshk in Khuzestan. This town near Dezful shared the danger facing settlements beyond the immediate combat line.

IRGC commander Mohammad Boroujerdi died when his vehicle struck a mine on the Mahabad–Naqadeh road. His career linked the western war front with the state’s conflict against Kurdish opposition.

Ardebili attended Tokyo’s second Japan-Iran dialogue; Japan linked an early end to war with bilateral cooperation.

UPI reported the continued spread of oil from Iranian offshore wells bombed by Iraq. Hostilities obstructed efforts to stop leakage and protect the Gulf’s coasts.