fars fasd and dewalt spiegel newspapers wrote that america is ready to fight iran with 6 battalions and 600 warplanes if basra falls. the soviet union also expressed its concern about the continuation of the war and emphasized that the war should end with negotiations. maybe iranians will never forget the words of us defense minister casper weinberger this year. weinberger said: the roots of the iranian nation should be dried up by stopping the export of iranian oil so that the war ends and xavier perreza years later couiyar, the secretary general of the united nations at the time , writes in his memoirs that after the approval of resolution 598 in the summer of 1336 , the definitive opinion of the united states was that in order to end the war, iraqis must resist well. to prevent any iranian victory. two. war must be more painful for iranians than ever. 3. the flow of weapons to iran should be reduced through another resolution in the security council. and four international pressure on this country on a large scale. in 1936, the persian gulf was the scene of confrontation between iran