Shultz tells Aziz the U.S. will seek Soviet embargo support

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.

Iran’s negotiator said a ceasefire required the UN to identify Iraq as the aggressor, preserving the dispute over accountability within the UN peace process.

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...

Madarshahi informed the UN of alleged chemical artillery fire at Sardasht on 11 January, reporting injuries without a precise casualty total.