Reagan asks Gorbachev for UN enforcement cooperation

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...

Iran reported Iraqi air attacks on Sardasht on 28 and 29 June and said chemical agents had harmed residents. Later letters updated the reported casualty figures, which are treated as contemporaneous...

Iran reported that Iraqi aircraft bombed the outskirts of Sardasht on 1 July. The town’s exposure became a focus of Iranian diplomatic efforts and international concern over chemical weapons and...

Javad Zarif reported that Sardasht’s chemical-attack death toll had risen to 35 and expressed surprise that the Security Council had not acted. This was an interim Iranian count.

Iran alleged that Iraqi helicopters attacked Sardasht on 29 June, artillery fired nerve-agent shells near Baneh on 1 July, and aircraft chemically bombarded the Piranshahr-Sardasht road on 11 July.

France announced a break in relations during the Gordji embassy dispute. The rupture occurred amid French support for Iraq and growing maritime confrontation with Iran.

Gorbachev’s reply reached Washington supporting ceasefire diplomacy while offering no firm commitment to sanctions, according to Carlucci’s subsequent memorandum.