Word: tehran
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Persian Gulf. It brought attacks by Iran and Iraq on at least 29 commercial ships, the highest recorded monthly number since the tanker war began. At the gulf's northern end, the seven-year- old war between the two Islamic rivals threatened to take a menacing turn as Tehran boasted of its ability to produce chemical weapons and a long-range missile. Vowed Iranian Prime Minister Mir Hussein Mousavi: "The government is committed to allocating its full potential to the war effort...
...indivisible security" of his country and the gulf, will visit the region. Egyptian officers already train pilots and antimissile personnel in Kuwait. Although Cairo is not ready to station troops ( in the gulf, the renewed solidarity between Egypt and the Arab states sends a cautionary signal to Tehran...
There was no immediate confirmation from Tehran or other Arab capitals that Iran postponed its offensive. The sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity, gave no indication how long the 'Iranians might hold off unleashing a new push...
Iran and Iraq have halted attacks on gulf shipping for nearly two weeks, Arab leaders have toned down their condemnation of Iran, and gulf-based Arab diplomats reported unspecified "favorable gestures" from Tehran recently...
...Syrian initiative, launched last month at the urging of Saudi Arabia, was aimed at opening up a dialogue between Tehran and the Arab nations of the six-member Gulf Cooperation Council to find ways to end the conflict...