Iran files chemical-bomb allegations from the Val Fajr fighting

Saddam Hussein urged the United Nations and superpowers to force Iran toward peace talks. His appeal illustrated Iraq’s effort to mobilize outside pressure on Tehran.

Iranian forces launched an operation in the Mehran region after advancing in the Kurdish sector earlier that month. The separate July operation failed to secure its objectives and reflected Iran’s...

Iran’s representative sent the Secretary-General a letter concerning attacks on civilian targets. The dated submission records Tehran’s effort to bring wartime civilian harm before international...

Rafsanjani recorded a meeting with Japan’s Shintaro Abe about ending the war. He defended Iran’s peace conditions and questioned Japanese credit to Iraq.

The operation concluded without a major breakthrough. Iran’s offensives in 1983 incurred significant losses, while Iraq retained enough force to defend key approaches and continue attacks on Iranian...

Abe separately met both foreign ministers, urging restraint amid tension over aircraft supplied to Iraq.

Iranian workers capped a leaking Nowruz well despite wartime danger. Environmental incident records state that eleven people died during the operation.

Khomeini warned that escalation by Iraq could provoke Iran to strangle Gulf oil supplies. The anniversary speech connected military pressure with the region’s oil-export routes.

Japan dispatched Nakajima to Iraq after threats against the Iran-Japan petrochemical project, seeking reconsideration.

An internal U.S. memorandum examined financial, diplomatic and military options to favor Iraq. It treated a possible Iranian victory and disruption of Gulf oil exports as threats to U.S. interests.