The War of the Cities escalates with attacks on Iranian urban areas

The offensive in the Mawat area ended after Iranian forces secured some high ground but failed to transform the front. Limited results and heavy costs reinforced the strategic deadlock of the war’s...

Iran and New Zealand reached an agreement exchanging Iranian crude for meat and dairy products. The arrangement used oil to obtain food while Iran faced wartime economic constraints.

Shultz proposed a mandatory embargo with a thirty-day delay during Moscow talks. Shevardnadze stressed Soviet concerns over Iraq’s staying power and the U.S. Gulf fleet.

An Iraqi air attack damaged Tehran’s refinery. The strike deepened pressure on domestic fuel supplies before the renewed missile campaign against the capital.

Reports described Iraqi bombing of a Tehran hospital and the first reported Iraqi missile attack on the capital. Iran had fired missiles at Baghdad earlier that day.

Pérez de Cuéllar called for an end to attacks during renewed escalation. His intervention pressed for restraint while implementation of the broader UN peace plan remained unresolved.

Lord Trefgarne said Britain favored a further Security Council resolution imposing an arms embargo on Iran to secure implementation of Resolution 598.

Iraqi missiles struck populated neighborhoods of Tehran. Iran answered with a missile at Baghdad and reported attacking an Iraqi launch site as urban exchanges continued.

Iranian protesters hurled rocks and firebombs at the Soviet embassy in Tehran. Demonstrators blamed foreign arms supplies for Iraq’s attacks on Iranian cities.

MEES reported Saipem awarded the northern section of a planned Gurreh–Bandar Taheri oil pipeline. Iran sought a new export route as attacks exposed existing terminals and transport facilities.