Iran invokes the Assembly’s authority for an immediate inquiry

Iran informed the secretary-general of alleged chemical-weapons use and missile and air attacks since late February, linking battlefield complaints with civilian protection.

A U.S. cable reported that a shipment of 22,000 pounds of a chemical bound for Iraq had been held. Officials sought assurances about its claimed pesticide use because of possible weapons applications.

Officials circulated a draft press statement for 5 March condemning Iraqi chemical weapons use. This record dates the preparation of the statement, rather than its later public delivery.

Austrian doctors said Iranian soldiers’ burns might result from chemical weapons. Treatment abroad brought clinical evidence and uncertainty into public discussion of the war.

Hemmat, commander of the IRGC’s 27th Mohammad Rasulullah Division, was killed during Operation Kheibar near the Majnoon Islands. His death marked a major command loss in the marsh fighting.

An Iranian soldier treated for suspected chemical burns died at Stockholm’s Karolinska Hospital. The death shows the severity of injuries requiring treatment outside Iran.

Iran reported an alleged chemical attack that day in the Hur-al-Howizeh region. Its UN letter explicitly said casualty details were not yet available.

Four UN specialists arrived in Tehran to investigate Iran’s chemical-weapons allegations, beginning the on-site phase of the March 1984 mission.

Iran transmitted Mirza Taheri’s appeal for UNEP to condemn chemical warfare and address its environmental consequences, extending the complaint beyond battlefield injuries.

U.S. instructions sought a no-decision motion on Iran’s chemical weapons draft at the UN Human Rights Commission, with abstention as a fallback. The venue was the Commission, not a Security Council...