Iraqi forces occupy Khorramshahr after weeks of resistance

The U.S. embassy reported agreement with Saudi Arabia on contingency cooperation, possible American use of facilities, and keeping Hormuz open. This expanded the framework for talks begun earlier.

Prime Minister Mohammad Ali Rajai addressed the Security Council, denouncing Iraq’s invasion and accusing the United States of supporting the conflict.

The Iranian effort to stop Iraqi forces around Dezful failed to produce a decisive reversal. The fighting exposed the cost of launching armor without adequate coordination and left Iran dependent on a...

Brown outlined command links joining U.S. surveillance aircraft, Saudi ground defenses and American naval forces. Introducing a rapid-deployment headquarters remained conditional on a larger U.S....

Contemporary reporting described Iranian refugee camps growing near Abadan. The report records displacement around a city under sustained Iraqi attack.

Saddam Hussein offered withdrawal from Iran if Tehran recognized Iraqi territorial claims. The conditional offer differed from Iran’s demand for withdrawal from occupied land.

Khomeini urged Iranian forces to break the siege of Abadan. His intervention elevated relief of the threatened oil city into an explicit wartime priority before the successful operation in September...

Brzezinski called for preserving U.S.-Saudi security ties developed during the war. His Gulf framework memorandum also requested a review of policy toward the stalled Iran-Iraq conflict.

Brown proposed bringing forward previously approved Saudi F-15 deliveries. His memorandum linked the issue to preserving Saudi cooperation with U.S. regional security efforts during the war.

UN Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim appointed Olof Palme to seek a settlement between Iran and Iraq. The mission opened a sustained UN mediation channel.