Tehran funeral becomes a wartime demonstration

UPI reported Iranian soldiers receiving European treatment for severe burns and lung ailments. Iran’s London embassy also appealed for experienced medical volunteers.

Iranian forces did not achieve the operation’s central objective. The offensive showed both the capacity of Iran to mount large attacks and the heavy losses involved in trying to penetrate Iraq’s...

Iraq announced two air raids on Tehran. Iran reported missiles hitting neighborhoods, illustrating repeated exposure of the capital’s residents to aerial attack.

An Iraqi bombing raid hit Tehran before Islamic Republic Day celebrations. Iranian accounts described deaths and destruction as the urban air campaign continued.

Manuel Dominguez began visiting European hospitals treating Iranian patients, gathering clinical evidence for the UN’s investigation of alleged chemical exposure.

Iraq fired missiles into two Iranian border cities. Iran warned of retaliation while the prospect of pausing attacks on cities remained contested.

The period of intensified urban attacks eased, but civilian vulnerability remained. The war’s urban front illustrated the widening human impact beyond combatants and the weakness of international...

Iran transmitted a table of alleged Iraqi chemical attacks during 13–20 March 1985. The submission organized Tehran’s allegations for UN consideration; it is not a new independent verification of...

Iran alleged that chemical projectiles fired at Khorramshahr on 17 April caused eye and throat irritation, adding another dated complaint to the UN record.

The Security Council condemned renewed chemical-weapons use after a UN doctor concluded that Iranian soldiers had been exposed during March 1985. The statement did not name the perpetrator.