Final UN report describes cannibalization of damaged equipment to maintain services

After GDP declines in 1980 and 1981, recovering exports and relatively favorable oil prices supported growth through 1984. The report put 1984 GDP about 40 percent above its 1980 level, despite the...

Through 1984, reconstruction was financed from capital-budget allocations, spare-part stocks and enterprises’ own resources, the report stated. Higher oil revenues supported expenditure, though real...

Damage to oil ports and tankers discouraged Gulf shipping while oil prices fell. The report recorded oil-and-gas export earnings dropping from over $21 billion in 1983 to about $6 billion in 1986,...

By 1988, GDP was about 10 percent below its 1984 level. The report described higher non-oil taxes and suspension of some new projects as falling oil revenues restricted public investment and resources...

Despite fiscal pressure, Bandar Khomeini and Bandar Abbas expansion continued because it was vital to the war effort and economy. The report linked these projects to the destruction of...

Foreign-exchange shortages reduced raw-material and intermediate-goods imports, while production prioritized wartime components. The report stated that manufacturing in 1988 was about 20 percent below...

After the 1988 ceasefire, Iran shifted toward reconstruction while facing displacement, war casualties and eight years of resource allocation oriented to war. The report described the need to...

The development plan emphasized restoring productive activity quickly to generate resources for sustained growth. The report described this broader economic purpose as distinct from rebuilding damaged...

The UN mission called for revival of the Combined Bureau of Coordination, which had coordinated the waterway before the war. It considered international participation in clearing the Shatt al-Arab and...

After political agreement, the mission proposed surveys to locate wrecks and obstacles, identify cargo and choose clearance methods. Removing hazardous material, unexploded ordnance and silt would...