Turkey disputes disruption of the Iraqi oil pipeline

The operation around al-Faw and Majnoon concluded without a decisive breakthrough. Iran held its major al-Faw gain, but the wider conflict remained an exhausting contest over exposed positions and...

In Bahrain, Iran’s oil minister backed a $19-per-barrel target by year’s end. Iran sought stronger prices as reduced market income intensified pressure on the wartime budget.

Gasoline rationing took effect with monthly limits of 60 liters for large vehicles and 40 for smaller ones. The oil minister described the measure as temporary protection for strategic fuel stocks.

U.S. participants and the second Iranian channel met in Frankfurt on 6–8 October. Negotiations continued over linked arms deliveries and hostage releases as the first channel lost its role.

Resolution 588 urged Iran and Iraq to implement Resolution 582 without delay and asked the Secretary-General to intensify his efforts. The Council continued seeking a settlement while combat...

Five hundred U.S.-made TOW missiles held in Israel were delivered to Iran through the second channel. Public exposure of the secret initiative followed within days.

The Lebanese publication Al-Shiraa reported McFarlane’s secret visit to Tehran. The disclosure brought Iran’s covert U.S. arms contacts into public view and destabilized the initiative.

Reagan publicly acknowledged sending weapons to Iran but denied trading arms for hostages. His televised address sought to defend the initiative after its exposure.

The White House disclosed that proceeds from arms sales to Iran had been diverted to Nicaraguan contra forces. The revelation expanded the controversy beyond the secret supply relationship with...

Iraqi warplanes attacked Iran’s Larak oil-shipping facility near the Strait of Hormuz, setting tankers on fire. The raid endangered an export route developed away from Iraq’s earlier strikes on Kharg.