Iran agrees oil-for-food trade with New Zealand

An Iranian technical delegation arrived in Ankara to negotiate a proposed route from Khuzestan to Turkey’s Mediterranean coast. The project sought an overland alternative for oil exports.

In a letter to Khamenei, Khomeini argued that government authority could override other obligations when necessary. His examples included conscription and economic regulation, issues central to Iran’s...

Madarshahi informed the UN of alleged chemical artillery fire at Sardasht on 11 January, reporting injuries without a precise casualty total.

Iranian forces launched a winter offensive in the Mawat area, seeking high ground and bargaining leverage. The operation made limited gains and showed that Tehran continued to seek battlefield...

The offensive in the Mawat area ended after Iranian forces secured some high ground but failed to transform the front. Limited results and heavy costs reinforced the strategic deadlock of the war’s...

Shultz proposed a mandatory embargo with a thirty-day delay during Moscow talks. Shevardnadze stressed Soviet concerns over Iraq’s staying power and the U.S. Gulf fleet.

An Iraqi air attack damaged Tehran’s refinery. The strike deepened pressure on domestic fuel supplies before the renewed missile campaign against the capital.

Reports described Iraqi bombing of a Tehran hospital and the first reported Iraqi missile attack on the capital. Iran had fired missiles at Baghdad earlier that day.

Pérez de Cuéllar called for an end to attacks during renewed escalation. His intervention pressed for restraint while implementation of the broader UN peace plan remained unresolved.

Lord Trefgarne said Britain favored a further Security Council resolution imposing an arms embargo on Iran to secure implementation of Resolution 598.