Iran warns against U.S. arms support for Saudi Arabia

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.

Iranian aircraft were reported to have attacked the Liberian-registered Chemical Venture. The incident exposed crews and shipping near Saudi waters to the wider tanker war.

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.

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.

Lord Molloy pressed for action through international institutions to end the war. The British government described efforts with Europe and the UN to prevent escalation.

A UN-mediated undertaking by Iran and Iraq to refrain from attacks on civilian population centers took effect. The agreement offered Iranian cities relief but did not end the wider war.