Budget report identifies permission for foreign borrowing

President Ali Khamenei called for reconstruction and scientific research while marking the revolution’s tenth anniversary. His promises were policy aspirations.

Iran and Turkey agreed to expand 1989 trade to $2 billion after a visit by Mousavi and Heavy Industry Minister Behzad Nabavi. Commercial ties offered a channel for reconstruction imports.

A planned meeting of Iranian and Iraqi military officers to review the ceasefire was postponed indefinitely, according to Iraq’s news agency. The delay concerned implementation after fighting had...

Following a visit to Iran, MEES editor Ian Seymour reported efforts to restore war-damaged offshore oil fields. Repair work linked the ceasefire with the recovery of export-producing assets.

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.

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.

Fuel oil from Abadan was shipped through Mahshahr after a long wartime interruption. The shipment marked a practical step from refinery reconstruction toward renewed export activity.

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