# Iran accepts UN Security Council resolution 598, ending the Iran–Iraq war Date: 1988 ## The fact On 20 July 1988 Iran accepted UN Security Council resolution 598, opening the ceasefire that ended the Iran–Iraq war. [Ali Khamenei](/people/ali-khamenei) was president; Khomeini was Leader and publicly compared acceptance to poison. ## Context Neighbouring 1988 prison executions are a same-season cost. He was not yet Leader. Do not collapse Khomeini’s poison-chalice into a unique Khamenei authorship. 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. ## Evidence and sources United Nations Security Council carries the official instrument or communique. Reuters records the same dated act independently. ## Significance The path is [humanitarian access](/drivers/humanitarian-access): a completed interstate ceasefire is a dated civilian-relief instrument after an eight-year war. ## What is established and what is not 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. What would change the picture: a contradictory original with a different date or name, a later repeal, a court that vacated the instrument, or a measured series that can be argued, with lag and alternatives, as a consequence of this instrument rather than of later institutions. The date is the date of this instrument, not a licence to back-date every later harm or benefit. 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. Iran accepts UN Security Council resolution 598, ending the Iran–Iraq war on 1988-07-20 is not a licence to treat every later United Nations Security Council communique as this same act. If a later repeal, stay, or successor instrument exists, it needs its own date and its own row. This dossier refuses to average Iran accepts UN Security Council resolution 598, ending the Iran–Iraq war into a personality. 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. ## People - Ali Khamenei: https://factrail.ai/people/ali-khamenei ## Drivers - Humanitarian Access: https://factrail.ai/drivers/humanitarian-access - Forced-Displacement Scale: https://factrail.ai/drivers/forced-displacement-scale ## Sources - https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-iraq-598-idUSKCN0Q70U8 - https://www.un.org/securitycouncil/content/resolutions-adopted-security-council-1987 ## Methodology https://factrail.ai/methodology Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/ir-un598-1988