Parliament ratifies first five-year development plan

MEES reported large proposed foreign-exchange allocations in Iran’s reworked five-year plan. Proposed financing and investment figures were not completed expenditures.

MEES reported efforts to revive stalled Bandar Abbas refinery negotiations after disagreements over cost and repayment. The report did not confirm a completed construction contract.

The Court fixed deadlines for Iran’s Memorial and the U.S. Counter-Memorial.

Iran and Iraq accepted a Soviet proposal for their foreign ministers to meet in Moscow with Shevardnadze. Acceptance of the venue did not itself settle withdrawal or prisoner disputes.

The ICRC archive records a repatriation of wounded and sick prisoners. Such limited returns preceded the much larger exchanges later in 1990.

MEES reported Guardian Council approval of the five-year plan. This constitutional review stage was distinct from parliamentary ratification and actual implementation.

MEES reported contracts with French and Japanese firms for damaged offshore facilities at Salman and Sirri. Signing repair agreements did not establish that all work was finished.

A South Korean industrial delegation concluded its Iranian visit with agreements on participation in gas, petrochemical and industrial projects. Announced cooperation was not completed investment.

MEES reported a budget draft based on planned production of 3.57 million barrels daily. The budget assumption was not a measurement of achieved production.

MEES reported a protocol for Soviet assistance with Iranian nuclear power projects, including Bushehr. An agreement in principle did not mean a reactor was operating.