Abadan resumes fuel-oil export shipments

As Eduard Shevardnadze ended his regional trip, reporting noted that his Iranian discussions included reopening talks with Iraq. Soviet diplomacy sought movement in the stalled postwar process.

MEES reported that Iran’s approved budget permitted foreign loans, marking an avenue for financing reconstruction rather than a record of money already received.

Iran announced commissioning of the first phase of the rebuilt Abadan refinery. Partial restoration returned domestic refining capacity after years of wartime damage.

Ayatollah Khomeini established a commission to revise Iran’s constitution as the country entered its postwar political transition.

Iran signed an Arak refinery construction contract with a Japanese-Italian consortium. The proposed 150,000-barrel daily capacity was planned capacity, not operating output.

Iran filed a case against the United States over the destruction of Iran Air Flight 655, pursuing international legal redress for the deaths.

An international expert meeting in Geneva addressed the exchange of Iranian and Iraqi prisoners. Its communiqué urged attention to captives still held after the ceasefire.

Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini died, ending the leadership of the Islamic Republic’s founder shortly after the war. His death created an immediate succession challenge.

Iran’s Assembly of Experts selected Ali Khamenei to succeed Khomeini. The change placed reconstruction under a new supreme leader.

An agreement was announced for Bulgaria to import Iranian gas through the Soviet Union. The arrangement concerned planned supply, not proof of completed annual deliveries.