Finance minister describes foreign-credit negotiations

The UN observer mission ended after withdrawal to recognized boundaries. Its closure ended a key mechanism for supervising Iran and Iraq’s ceasefire.

The United States filed preliminary objections. These challenged the Court’s ability to hear Iran’s case.

Iran announced an agreement to resume relations with Saudi Arabia. This records the announcement rather than assigning every later normalization step to the same day.

The Court set a deadline for Iran’s written response to the preliminary objections.

The Secretary-General informed the Council that a team led by Abdulrahim Abby Farah would study war damage and reconstruction in Iran. The mission implemented paragraph 7 of Resolution 598.

Farah’s team began an exploratory visit to Iran lasting until 21 June. It gathered information on war damage, inspected affected installations and examined ongoing reconstruction efforts.

UN experts inspected the housing around Khorramshahr’s Customs area and found it heavily damaged beyond rehabilitation. Rebuilding homes remained a condition for restoring civilian life near the port.

The UN mission assessed a war-damaged brick palace used as a marine academy near Khorramshahr’s port. Despite major damage, it judged rehabilitation possible and recognized the building’s...

UN experts saw lively activity at a rehabilitated bazaar in Khorramshahr. The surrounding area appeared comparatively normal despite widespread destruction elsewhere in the city.

The mission saw a privately owned four-storey apartment building undergoing rehabilitation in central Khorramshahr, alongside housing construction elsewhere. Private rebuilding formed part of the...