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...declared. At the United Nations, Secretary-General Javier Perez de Cuellar successfully called upon the two countries to end all hostilities on Aug. 20. As evidence of its goodwill, Iraq announced that the fighting would stop, and Iran issued a cease-fire order. One day later, however, the truce threatened to falter as charges were exchanged. Baghdad contended that Iran was still shelling Iraqi forces. Tehran charged that Baghdad was still using poison gas to dislodge Kurdish separatists from a mountain stronghold in the Erbil province of northeastern Iraq. Iran claimed that the two-week-old offensive had already injured...
Frustrated were the peacemakers, especially when the warring parties were Iran and Iraq. Baghdad insisted on direct talks with Tehran before a cease-fire; Iran was holding out for a truce. But at week's end, Iraqi President Saddam Hussein signaled his willingness to accept a cease-fire, provided that talks followed. There was no immediate response from Tehran...
Announcement of a date would put pressure on Iraq, which has insisted on direct talks with Iran before a ceasefire.Iran wants a truce first...
...direct talks with Iran before a ceasefire. Iran wants a truce first...
Sadoun Hamadi, Iraqi minister of state for foreign affairs, earlier yesterday repeated his country's insistence on direct talks before a truce during an appearance on state television in Baghdad...