ACDA arms survey excludes covert transfers

Japanese Foreign Minister Tadashi Kuranari visited Iran and appealed for an early end to the war, adding another diplomatic channel alongside UN efforts.

Iran told the UN that Iraqi aircraft dropped chemical bombs on Sarsool and Bolhassan villages in Baneh on 7 May, wounding 92 people. The number is attributed to the Iranian report reproduced in the UN...

Britain ordered Iran’s Manchester consulate closed and expelled diplomats after the detention of Edward Chaplin in Tehran. Diplomatic confrontation deepened during the war.

Iran alleged that Iraqi artillery attacked a brigade of the Malteh battalion near Baneh with chemical weapons on 24 May. The allegation was part of a continuing series of reports submitted to the UN.

Iran complained that chemical shells were fired at Iranian positions in the Husseiniyeh operational theatre on 14 June. Tehran argued that the repeated attacks required a stronger international...

Iran sent the UN statements attributed to four Iraqi pilot prisoners of war, who said they had been threatened and compelled to use chemical weapons. Iraq later rejected the statements and said the...

Iran charged that Iraqi forces used suffocating and nerve agents on 21 June in areas around Mawut, reporting about 120 injured. The UN Yearbook identifies the reported locations and delivery by...

Iranian gunboats were reported to have attacked two supertankers after renewed Iraqi shipping strikes. The expanding tanker war endangered neutral vessels as well as Iranian exports.

Iraqi chemical bombing struck Sardasht in northwestern Iran, exposing civilians to mustard gas. The attack became a lasting symbol of Iranian civilian suffering and the long-term health costs of...

Iran said Iraqi helicopters fired chemical rockets in its northwestern region on 26 June, injuring more than 60 people. The account was submitted to the UN as the attacks on Sardasht were also being...