UN consultations confront the question of direct negotiations

The Secretary-General issued a further report on the specialist mission. It examined patients and alleged chemical attacks in both countries, contributing to an expanding UN record of chemical warfare...

Iran submitted a letter concerning chemical weapons use after its acceptance of Resolution 598. The complaint showed that Tehran continued reporting battlefield harm while ceasefire arrangements...

Iran’s representative reported Iraqi military operations against civilian areas on 23 and 24 July. The 25 July letter documented a further civilian protection complaint during the ceasefire...

Six days after Iran accepted Resolution 598, the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (MEK) launched an incursion from Iraqi territory into western Iran. The invasion was backed by Iraq and...

Iranian forces counterattacked MEK units advancing through Kermanshah province. The Iranian government portrayed the incursion as an Iraqi-backed attempt to exploit the ceasefire decision; Mersad...

Iraqi chemical bombing exposed people in Oshnavieh to mustard gas. Civilian harm continued before the agreed ceasefire took effect later in August.

A clinical addendum documented Iranian patients examined during the July mission, recording exposure histories, initial symptoms, protection and observed clinical signs. Patient reports and medical...

A separate clinical addendum recorded Iraqi patients’ reported exposure circumstances and examination findings from the July inquiry. It documented injuries without establishing Iranian responsibility...

Velayati asked for an immediate expert mission after the reported Oshnavieh chemical attack, stressing that evidence remained available and requesting unequivocal Council condemnation.

The head of the UN technical team submitted a report to Pérez de Cuéllar. Its assessment helped prepare arrangements needed before a ceasefire date could be fixed.