Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Musi wa14 February 1989, Ayatollah Khomeini akabudisa mutemo wairambidza Salman Rushdie nevaparidzi vake. Makurukota Ekunze kweEuropean Community akabvumirana kubvisa vatungamiriri vavo vekumishinari kubva kuTehran semhinduro. Hurumende yeBritain yakabvisa vashandi vayo vose vaiva muBritain.
Kupinda kweIraq muKuwait kwakaita kuti kuve kunodikanwa kutangazve ukama zvakare, muna September 1990.