Saddam Hussein announces that Iraqi troops will withdraw from Iran

Iranian forces attacked fortified Iraqi positions around Khorramshahr. Iraq had reinforced the city, and the fighting was intense. Iran’s advance culminated in the city’s recapture several days later,...

Iranian troops entered Khorramshahr and captured thousands of Iraqi soldiers. The city’s recovery became a defining Iranian victory and is commemorated annually in Iran. It restored Iranian control...

In a broadcast interview, Ariel Sharon defended Israeli arms sales to Iran and rejected U.S. criticism. His remarks made the wartime supply relationship a matter of public ministerial debate.

Iraq’s Arab allies urged Iran to consider an apparent reparations offer. Iran continued to demand withdrawal, compensation and an investigation into the war’s origins.

Iran said acceptance of an Iraqi ceasefire offer depended on permission for its forces to cross Iraq toward Lebanon. The condition connected Gulf diplomacy with the Lebanon crisis.

The Council called for a ceasefire, withdrawal to internationally recognized boundaries, and negotiations. Iran viewed the timing through its recent battlefield gains and continued to demand...

Iranian forces crossed into Iraq toward Basra. Iran’s leadership debated whether to stop at the prewar boundary or carry the war into Iraq to compel Saddam Hussein’s government to accept Iranian...

After weeks of fighting, Iranian forces did not penetrate Iraqi defenses around Basra. The operation revealed the high cost of advancing into prepared Iraqi positions and the difficulty Iran faced...

Iraq accepted moving the planned Non-Aligned summit away from Baghdad as war and Iranian objections undermined its proposed role as host.

Iran opened a new offensive on the central front. The assault sought to pressure Iraqi positions after Iran’s decision to carry the war across the border; it also reflected disagreement within Iran...