Iran reports injuries from alleged chemical shelling on Minou Island

American hostage Benjamin Weir was released in Beirut one day after Iran received a further TOW shipment. His release became a central result of the emerging arms-for-hostages channel.

Hossein Ali Montazeri wrote to Khomeini criticizing the war’s costs and rivalry between the Army and Revolutionary Guards. He urged more coordinated leadership and greater attention to expert advice.

Ghorbanifar met U.S. and Israeli contacts in Washington and sought HAWK, Sidewinder, Harpoon and Phoenix missiles. The meeting records Iran-related procurement requests, not delivery of every weapon...

Howe set out British guidelines restricting lethal equipment and supplies that could prolong the war. He said the rules had been adopted in December 1984, while allowing qualified existing...

MEES reported suppliers competing for pipe contracts in Iran’s proposed oil-export network bypassing the Strait of Hormuz. The project sought alternatives to vulnerable wartime sea routes.

Kittani transmitted Baghdad’s denial of Iran’s chemical-artillery complaint. The Iraqi wording referred to deaths, a reading that Iran later corrected because its letter had reported injuries.

Iran sent the UN a list of teenage Iraqi prisoners, saying it was intended to inform the Secretary-General and reassure their families. The communication concerned identification, not repatriation.

Rajaie Khorassani corrected an Iraqi response to Iran’s Minou Island complaint, explaining that his earlier letter reported eight injured people, not eight deaths.

A CIA-linked aircraft delivered 18 HAWK missiles to Iran. The missiles differed from what Iranian contacts expected and carried Israeli markings; no hostages were freed following the delivery.

Prime Minister Mir-Hossein Mousavi presented the 1986–87 budget draft to the Majlis. Its projected $18.9 billion oil income shows the importance of export earnings to wartime finances.