France and Iran end their embassy confrontation

Iran indicated it would send an emissary to discuss the UN initiative. Contemporary reporting identified Larijani as likely, while the exact visit date remained unsettled.

Iran reported two Iraqi raids on the unfinished Bushehr nuclear plant, killing workers. The attacks threatened construction and labor at a major energy project.

China said it had halted international sales of Silkworm missiles. The announcement addressed controversy over missiles reaching Iran and threatening Gulf shipping.

Iran reported another Iraqi air raid on the unfinished Bushehr nuclear plant. Repeated strikes intensified concern over the protection of civilian energy construction.

UPI reported shipping records and documents suggesting Iranian oil traded for South African arms despite Iran’s official boycott. The report exposed tensions between policy and wartime procurement.

Resolution 42/37 C requested further investigation guidelines, expert lists and laboratory capacity for alleged chemical, biological or toxin use, reinforcing the secretary-general’s inquiry...

UPI relayed Financial Times reporting on documents alleging Israeli ammunition supplies to Iran through a Swedish dealer. Israel’s spokesman reiterated its stated policy against sales to Iran.

Iran’s negotiator said a ceasefire required the UN to identify Iraq as the aggressor, preserving the dispute over accountability within the UN peace process.

Shultz told Tariq Aziz that Washington would press for Soviet support for an arms embargo against Iran during the Reagan-Gorbachev summit.

Geoffrey Howe raised Soviet cooperation on an arms embargo with Shevardnadze, according to a later British parliamentary account.