UPI reports British recovery tanks intended for Iraq

A British parliamentary answer recorded £85.7 million in petroleum-related imports from Iran in 1980. Oil commerce continued during the year that Iraq invaded Iran.

Mohammad Ali Rajai won the election held after Bani-Sadr’s removal. The presidency changed hands while Iran continued fighting Iraq and faced political violence at home.

Dean Fischer said Washington was unaware of Israeli shipments to Iran. He restated restrictions on U.S.-built arms after reports linked an Argentine cargo-plane crash to military supplies.

Ousted president Bani-Sadr escaped Iran aboard a military aircraft and received asylum in France. His flight moved a major strand of Iranian political opposition into exile while the war continued.

Khomeini issued the decree confirming Rajai as president after the July election. The endorsement made his authority conditional on adherence to Islam, the Constitution and the country’s interests.

UPI relayed an ABC investigation into Israeli military supplies reaching Iran during the hostage crisis. The reporting described spare-parts transactions that predated the later Iran-Contra channel.

A bomb at the prime minister’s office killed President Mohammad Ali Rajai and Prime Minister Mohammad Javad Bahonar. Iran again faced a leadership vacancy during its first year of war.

The closing phase of Operation Samen ol-A’emmeh restored access to Abadan and drove Iraqi units away from the eastern bank of the Karun River. The breakthrough was an important Iranian defensive...

An Iranian C-130 crashed near Tehran, killing commanders including Fallahi, Fakouri, Namjou, Kolahdouz and Jahanara. The disaster removed important military leaders soon after the Abadan relief...

Kuwait reported an attack by Iranian aircraft. The allegation brought regional airspace and Iraq’s Gulf supporters into the conflict beyond the main Iran–Iraq front.