Gorbachev publicly favors more time for UN negotiations

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.

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.

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.

Iranian forces launched a winter offensive in the Mawat area, seeking high ground and bargaining leverage. The operation made limited gains and showed that Tehran continued to seek battlefield...

The offensive in the Mawat area ended after Iranian forces secured some high ground but failed to transform the front. Limited results and heavy costs reinforced the strategic deadlock of the war’s...