Energy Mobility is attacked near Kharg

Iran reported alleged chemical shelling on 20 April and aerial attacks on 21 April around al-Faw and Umm Qasr. The 24 April letter is a diplomatic record of Iran’s claims, rather than the attack event...

Iraqi warplanes attacked Tehran and other Iranian cities. Residents described short warning times, while renewed sirens showed the strain of protecting the capital.

Baroness Young said Britain would urge Iran and Iraq to implement Resolution 582 and cooperate with the UN secretary-general’s mediation.

McFarlane, North and other U.S. delegates arrived in Tehran with HAWK spare parts. Negotiations sought hostage releases and further contacts, while Iranian interlocutors demanded the remaining parts...

McFarlane’s party departed Tehran after inconclusive negotiations. Iranian interlocutors had not arranged the immediate release of all American hostages promised by intermediary Ghorbanifar.

Iranian forces launched an offensive around Mehran, a town that had changed hands during the war. The operation reflected the continued strategic importance of border towns and Iran’s effort to answer...

Iranian forces recaptured Mehran after the June offensive. The victory had symbolic and strategic value, but did not end the wider war or reverse the attritional pressures on Iran’s economy and...

American hostage Lawrence Jenco was released in Lebanon. His release was followed by negotiations over sending Iran HAWK spare parts withheld after the unsuccessful Tehran mission.

The remaining HAWK spare parts were delivered to Iran on 3–4 August after Reagan approved the transfer. The supplies followed renewed bargaining after Jenco’s release.

Ali Khamenei rejected Saddam Hussein’s latest peace offer, portraying it as a response to Iraqi weakness rather than a basis for ending the war.