Iraq formally transmits its denial of the Minou Island allegation

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.

Iran reported that alleged chemical artillery fire on Minou Island on 2 November severely injured eight people, requesting circulation of the complaint at the Security Council.

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.

A Syrian delegation’s Tehran visit ended with agreement on future Iranian oil supplies. The arrangement tied Syria’s energy needs to its alliance with Iran.