1. The Political Scene

    ...sliding helplessly towards confrontation has been signals from Tehran that the Baghdad summit's endorsement of Iraqi sovereignty over the Shatt al-'Arab waterway has not done irrepairable damage to the mini-detente between Iran and Iraq which began when Iraqi President Saddam Husain sent a letter to...

    Volume: 33
    Issue: 36
    Published at Mon, 11 Jun 1990
  2. The Political Scene

    ...tentions, also appeared to be favorable. So when Iraqi Foreign Minister Tariq 'Aziz revealed in Rome on 14 May that there had been a response from the Iranians and that "the exchange of letters was official," adding that "we consider this as a positive development to the situation which we would like to bu...

    Volume: 33
    Issue: 33
    Published at Mon, 21 May 1990