Iranian negotiator insists on identifying Iraq as aggressor

Iran reported another Iraqi air raid on the unfinished Bushehr nuclear plant. Repeated strikes intensified concern over the protection of civilian energy construction.

UPI reported shipping records and documents suggesting Iranian oil traded for South African arms despite Iran’s official boycott. The report exposed tensions between policy and wartime procurement.

France and Iran resolved the embassy standoff with the departure of Wahid Gordji and release of Paul Torri. The settlement eased confrontation without immediately restoring full relations.

Resolution 42/37 C requested further investigation guidelines, expert lists and laboratory capacity for alleged chemical, biological or toxin use, reinforcing the secretary-general’s inquiry...

UPI relayed Financial Times reporting on documents alleging Israeli ammunition supplies to Iran through a Swedish dealer. Israel’s spokesman reiterated its stated policy against sales to Iran.

Shultz told Tariq Aziz that Washington would press for Soviet support for an arms embargo against Iran during the Reagan-Gorbachev summit.

Geoffrey Howe raised Soviet cooperation on an arms embargo with Shevardnadze, according to a later British parliamentary account.

At his summit-ending press conference, Gorbachev argued for more time for UN diplomacy on the war, leaving the U.S. push for an immediate embargo unresolved.

An Iranian technical delegation arrived in Ankara to negotiate a proposed route from Khuzestan to Turkey’s Mediterranean coast. The project sought an overland alternative for oil exports.

In a letter to Khamenei, Khomeini argued that government authority could override other obligations when necessary. His examples included conscription and economic regulation, issues central to Iran’s...