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Iran accepts UN Security Council resolution 598, ending the Iran–Iraq war

On 20 July 1988 Iran accepted UN Security Council resolution 598, opening the ceasefire that ended the Iran–Iraq war. In the causal graph this event weakens Forced-Displacement Scale, a driver that strengthens People Internally Displaced by Conflict and Violence (IDMC) — an improving welfare path.

Sources: [1][2]

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On 20 July 1988 Iran accepted UN Security Council resolution 598, opening the ceasefire that ended the Iran–Iraq war. Ali Khamenei was president; Khomeini was Leader and publicly compared acceptance to poison.

Context

He was not yet Leader.

1988 executions are neighbouring. 4 June 1989 Leadership is later.

The Supreme Leader of Iran is commander-in-chief and the highest constitutional authority. He does not write a US presidential strike order, an IAEA Board resolution, or a Hamas military plan. Presidents, the IRGC, and the Guardian Council implement and share specific files.

Why it matters

The path is humanitarian access: a completed interstate ceasefire is a dated civilian-relief instrument after an eight-year war.

Who was responsible

Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.

  • Ali Khamenei

    Person

    Direct responsibility

    responsibility level 0.35 · verified

    Khomeini accepted the poison. He was president of the accepting state. The UN wrote 598. Iraq sat as the other party.

What changed

Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.

Evidence

The sources behind this fact and its verification state.

Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.Reuters — Iran accepts UN ceasefire resolution 598Reuters · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.UN Security Council — resolution 598 (1987), accepted by Iran in 1988United Nations Security Council · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

United Nations Security Council carries the official instrument or communique. Reuters records the same dated act independently.

Established: 20 July 1988 Iranian acceptance of resolution 598, independently reported, while he was president.

Not established: that he overrode Khomeini, or a unique later reconstruction coefficient from that week as his personal tally.

He was president of the accepting state. The UN wrote 598. Iraq sat as the other party.. A later repeal, court stay, or successor order would be a different Fact with a different date. That pair identifies Iran accepts UN Security Council resolution 598, ending the Iran–Iraq war, not a later speech about Iran accepts UN Security Council resolution 598, ending the Iran–Iraq war.

Co-authors and later implementers named in Context remain on the file. If a later repeal, stay, or successor instrument exists, it needs its own date and its own row. The contribution described on this Person row is limited to Khomeini accepted the poison. He was president of the accepting state. The UN wrote 598. Iraq sat as the other party. That limit is the alternative to treating office-holding as authorship of every later series.

Causal path

How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.

  1. ActorAli Khamenei
  2. contributed toFactIran accepts UN Security Council resolution 598, ending the Iran–Iraq war
  3. weakensDrivers (2)Forced-Displacement Scale
  4. strengthensIndicatorPeople Internally Displaced by Conflict and Violence (IDMC)

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Factrail. (2026). Iran accepts UN Security Council resolution 598, ending the Iran–Iraq war. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/ir-un598-1988

https://factrail.ai/facts/ir-un598-1988

Accessed 15 October 2026.

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