Rafsanjani insists on a UN role in proposed summit talks

MEES reported a protocol for Soviet assistance with Iranian nuclear power projects, including Bushehr. An agreement in principle did not mean a reactor was operating.

Resolution 651 continued UNIIMOG’s mandate to monitor the ceasefire and withdrawal. Iran’s border security remained subject to international observation.

Rafsanjani said Iraq had signaled interest in lasting peace but that Iran still lacked confidence in Baghdad’s goodwill. His statement responded to a new presidential letter.

MEES reported Iranian officials supporting a more active role in the IMF and World Bank. This signaled an approach to financing, rather than approval of a particular loan.

Amoco and Iranian parties signed a settlement of an investment dispute. Resolving this prewar commercial claim was separate from obtaining compensation for Iraq’s wartime damage.

The Court extended deadlines for the initial written pleadings.

A French parliamentary answer described continuing Franco-Iranian negotiations and arbitration. It documented an unresolved dispute, not a final settlement.

Velayati and Aziz met directly in Geneva as efforts to formalize peace revived. The meeting reopened a route for bilateral bargaining alongside the UN process.

MEES reported a Kanematsu Gosho arrangement for Iranian crude with advance payment. The report illustrates oil-linked financing; its publication day was not the start of every delivery.

Iran submitted its written Memorial setting out its case over the airliner’s destruction.