Remaining Iranian funds are returned from New York

Iraq fired missiles at several Iranian cities, including Isfahan. Iran struck the Iraqi ports of Umm Qasr and Basra as the urban exchange continued.

Iran voted in the first round of parliamentary elections during the war’s final spring. Rival factions within the Islamic Republic competed while military and economic pressures mounted.

Dominguez began examining and interviewing patients at Baghdad’s Al Rasheed Military Hospital after Iraq requested an inquiry. Examinations continued the following day.

A contemporary report described Tehran residents enduring alerts and queues for airline tickets. The account reveals attempts to leave and the strain of living under missile attack.

Iran’s representative submitted a letter reporting chemical weapons use. The communication added to the formal record of Iran’s complaints as the fighting intensified in spring 1988.

Iran reported alleged Iraqi chemical weapons use on 17 and 18 April. The event dates the formal complaint on 19 April, keeping it distinct from the reported attack dates.

Iran transmitted a chart of alleged chemical attacks since the beginning of the war. The compilation organized Tehran’s evidence and accusations for consideration by the United Nations.

Saudi Arabia announced severing diplomatic ties with Iran. The rupture followed the Mecca crisis and years of hostility over Saudi support for Iraq.

Iran sent a further letter concerning chemical weapons use to the United Nations. The submission followed the Secretary-General’s chemical weapons report circulated on 25 April.

The UN circulated an annex containing clinical data to the Secretary-General’s chemical weapons report S/19823. The additional documentation gave the investigation a more detailed medical record.