UN report says chemical attacks have intensified

A later presidential report records $37.9 million in Iranian funds returned from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. The release followed arrangements under the Iran–U.S. Claims Tribunal process.

Iraq launched a major offensive, using chemical munitions and overwhelming Iranian positions to retake al-Faw. The reversal erased Iran’s most important territorial gain of 1986 and signaled a...

U.S. forces attacked Iranian oil platforms and naval units in the Gulf after the Roberts mine incident. The operation sank or damaged several Iranian vessels. Tehran viewed it as direct U.S....

Iran reported alleged Iraqi chemical weapons use on 17 and 18 April. The event dates the formal complaint on 19 April, keeping it distinct from the reported attack dates.

Iran transmitted a chart of alleged chemical attacks since the beginning of the war. The compilation organized Tehran’s evidence and accusations for consideration by the United Nations.

Saudi Arabia announced severing diplomatic ties with Iran. The rupture followed the Mecca crisis and years of hostility over Saudi support for Iraq.

Iran sent a further letter concerning chemical weapons use to the United Nations. The submission followed the Secretary-General’s chemical weapons report circulated on 25 April.

The Council condemned the continued use of chemical weapons and called on both sides to refrain from using them. Although the resolution followed reports of Iraqi attacks and Iran’s complaints, it...

The UN circulated an annex containing clinical data to the Secretary-General’s chemical weapons report S/19823. The additional documentation gave the investigation a more detailed medical record.

Iran held the second round of its 1988 parliamentary elections. The new Majlis emerged as the war entered its final months and Iran confronted renewed Iraqi military advances.