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The Security Council condemned renewed chemical-weapons use after a UN doctor concluded that Iranian soldiers had been exposed during March 1985. The statement did not name the perpetrator.

The Council president asked the secretary-general to examine arrangements for promptly investigating further chemical-weapons allegations, responding to the need for timely evidence.

Reagan wrote to Gorbachev proposing expert talks on chemical weapons, citing their use in the Iran-Iraq War as a pressing concern.

A supplementary UN medical report described evidence suggesting organophosphorus poisoning among Iranian patients and identified tabun as a possible agent, rather than a certain identification.

The secretary-general informed the Council president that he would use the original 1984 specialists for future chemical-weapons investigations when needed, establishing a continuing response...

Iran asked the United Nations to stop alleged violence and torture against Iranian prisoners in Iraq. The record preserves Tehran’s complaint without treating it as an independent finding.

The Secretary-General expressed concern about the resumption of attacks on civilian areas in Iran and Iraq. The appeal addressed the renewed danger to urban populations as the war continued.

Iraq bombed Tehran, and Iran acknowledged injuries. Iraq also announced raids on Qazvin and Kashan, extending pressure beyond the capital.

India’s Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi pledged efforts to help end the Iran–Iraq war. The statement continued Non-Aligned diplomatic engagement with the conflict.

A Tehran resident contacted by UPI described many people fleeing after repeated Iraqi raids. The account records displacement and disruption in the capital.