Chemical Venture is struck near the Saudi coast

Iraq warned shipping companies that it would continue attacks on tankers using Iran’s Kharg terminal. The threat targeted the maritime network sustaining Iranian oil income.

Iran’s UN representative transmitted a Foreign Ministry letter dated 11 May concerning alleged chemical attacks and attacks on commercial vessels. The event date is the covering submission of 14 May.

An unidentified aircraft attacked the Kuwaiti tanker Bahra. Competing accounts of tanker attacks complicated attribution as the conflict spread to regional commercial shipping.

Iran held the second round of its 1984 parliamentary elections. The vote continued selection of a legislature responsible for laws, ministerial approval and oversight during the war.

Gulf Cooperation Council ministers denounced tanker attacks blamed on Iran. The collective response increased regional diplomatic pressure on Tehran.

Iran’s newly elected Majlis met and re-elected Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani as speaker. His parliamentary position formed part of his growing influence in the country’s wartime leadership.

Iran warned the United States against sending weapons to Saudi Arabia and promised resistance to regional aggression. U.S. aid connected Gulf defense with the widening war.

Resolution 552 condemned recent attacks on commercial ships sailing to and from Kuwaiti and Saudi ports. The Council’s response placed Gulf shipping attacks under scrutiny as the tanker war widened.

Saudi fighters engaged Iranian aircraft over the Gulf. The clash showed that the tanker conflict could draw Iran into direct combat with a state outside the main war.

Iran reported a deadly Iraqi air raid on Baneh in Iranian Kurdistan. The attack prompted threats of retaliation against Iraqi towns and cities.