Iranian workers cap the leaking Nowruz well

Iran’s representative sent the Secretary-General a letter concerning attacks on civilian targets. The dated submission records Tehran’s effort to bring wartime civilian harm before international...

Rafsanjani recorded a meeting with Japan’s Shintaro Abe about ending the war. He defended Iran’s peace conditions and questioned Japanese credit to Iraq.

The operation concluded without a major breakthrough. Iran’s offensives in 1983 incurred significant losses, while Iraq retained enough force to defend key approaches and continue attacks on Iranian...

Rajaie Khorassani reported alleged Iraqi chemical bombing during the Val Fajr 2 fighting and attacks on villages. His letter placed the complaint before the United Nations.

Abe separately met both foreign ministers, urging restraint amid tension over aircraft supplied to Iraq.

Khomeini warned that escalation by Iraq could provoke Iran to strangle Gulf oil supplies. The anniversary speech connected military pressure with the region’s oil-export routes.

Japan dispatched Nakajima to Iraq after threats against the Iran-Japan petrochemical project, seeking reconsideration.

An internal U.S. memorandum examined financial, diplomatic and military options to favor Iraq. It treated a possible Iranian victory and disruption of Gulf oil exports as threats to U.S. interests.

Military sources reported France’s shipment of Super Étendard aircraft to Iraq. Iran warned that their Exocet capability would intensify threats to its oil exports.

Rafsanjani warned that attacks destroying Iran’s oil-export facilities could bring severe wider consequences. His sermon responded to reports of French Super Etendard aircraft going to Iraq.