Reagan condemns Iran’s offensive as a threat to Gulf interests

Iranian forces opened an offensive on the central front while the much larger Karbala 5 battle was under way near Basra. The separate operation sought to draw Iraqi forces away from the southern...

Iran called on the United Nations to take effective steps to halt Iraqi attacks on Iranian cities, turning the civilian-bombing dispute into a formal diplomatic appeal.

The Security Council president said members were deeply concerned that fighting had intensified since December and threatened regional security. The statement urged restraint as the battle around...

The operation concluded after several days. Iran’s simultaneous offensives stretched the Iraqi front but did not secure a decisive military outcome, contributing to the attritional character of the...

Iraqi warplanes bombed three Iranian cities after an Iranian missile strike on Baghdad. The repeated exchanges exposed civilians on both sides to retaliatory attacks.

Iran offered to end the war of the cities, while Iraq rejected the proposal. Selective restraint remained separate from agreement on ending the entire war.

Iran reported Iraqi aircraft striking two schools in Mianeh and killing schoolgirls. The attack became a stated reason for further Iranian missile retaliation.

Iran fired a missile at Baghdad, citing attacks on residential areas and schoolgirls’ deaths. Iraq reported civilian damage and carried out further raids in Iran.

Iran requested a UN chemical-weapons mission and offered access to bomb remnants and contaminated material inside Iran if experts could not enter the Iraqi operational area.

Iran reported Iraqi raids on numerous cities during the revolution’s eighth anniversary. Iran fired a missile at Baghdad in response, linking public commemoration with urban warfare.