Iran has vowed to uphold “truth and justice” for victims of chemical attacks during the Iran-Iraq War (1980–88) and hold German companies accountable for supplying chemical weapons to the former Iraqi regime.

Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister on Legal Affairs Reza Najafi has termed Iran as the biggest victim of chemical weapons in the contemporary era. Najafi made the remarks on Wednesday in a meeting with Director General of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons Fernando Arias. The meeting was held on the sidelines of the second ...

IRNA - Iranian foreign Minister in a message referred to the chemical attack conducted by former Iraqi regime in Halabja & Sardasht, saying Iranians together with Kurdish brothers will never forget it. 'First they denied it happenedthen they blamed Iran. When it was clear it was their own ally, using their own chemical weapons, they were silent....

Press TV - The Iranian Judiciary has issued a ruling demanding that the US government pay around 245 million dollars in damage to a number of victims of chemical attacks carried out by Saddam Husseins troops during the 1980 to 1988 imposed war on Iran. Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Ejei, Iran's Judiciary spokesman, made the remarks on Sunday, while ...

Mahabad, West Azarbaijan Prov., June 28, IRNA Director General of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons Ahmet zmc expressed condolences with the victims of Sardasht chemical attack. The statement was read out in a ceremony held in Sardasht on the occasion of the 29th anniversary of the chemical bombing of the city located in northwestern ...

Tehran, June 27, IRNA - Effects and consequences of the inhumane chemical attack on the city of Sardasht are not going to be forgotten, says Iran's parliament speaker. The chemical bombing of Sardasht which led to the demise of up to 110 people and injury of up to 5000 innocent people was a historical catastrophe, Ali Larijani said in a statement ...

Tehran, June 28, IRNA - Iranian Foreign has called for a world free of chemical weapons reminding the international community of its legal and ethical duty to provide compensation for the victims of chemical weapons. Mohammad Javad Zarif, in a written message read out in a ceremony held in the city of Sardasht in West Azarbaijan province on Monday,...

TEHRAN, April 30 (MNA) A retired US Air Force officer, Rick Francona, has said CIA files prove US helped Saddam in his chemical attack on Iran. Rick Francona retired from United States Air Force intelligence with extensive experience in the Middle East and was under contract to NBC. He appears regularly on NBC, MSNBC and CNBC as well as Radio Canada ...

In 1988, near the end of the long Iran-Iraq war, Saddam Hussein's regime launched massive poison gas attacks against Iran, killing and maiming thousands of people. Iraq was at the time a US ally. Iranians still remember the moment they realized Iraqi warplanes were dropping more than regular bombs. The United States provided Iraq with intelligence ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- On August 26, 2013, John Kerry gave a rare and pointed speech in which he sent a clear message to the Syrian regime. What we saw last week in Syria, referring to the use of chemical weapons, should shock the conscience of the world, it deifies any code of morality It is a moral obscenity. Barely able to contain his outrage, Mr. Kerry ...

The Iranian Army has warned that any foreign military intervention in the region is doomed to failure, noting that supporters of the executed Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein are repeating their past mistakes by stoking tension in the region. Previous supporters of Saddam intend to repeat their past mistakes through warmongering in the region and the ...

[caption id="attachment_47906" align="alignright" width="180"] An Iranian man, injured by an Iraqi chemical attack during the 1980-88 war, uses an oxygen mask[/caption] (Reuters) - An Iranian war veteran fell into a coma in a Tehran hospital last week after suffering respiratory failure, his lungs ravaged by mustard gas during theIran-Iraq war 30 ...

A retired US military officer says Washington provided chemical and biological weapons to executed Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein during the eight-year war against Iran. In an interview with Voice of Russia published on Thursday, Karen Kwiantowski elaborated on Americas use of chemical weapons, saying that Washington gave Saddam Hussein chemical weapons ...

Hoshmand Morad vividly remembers the day his city suffered the deadliest chemical-weapons attack ever carried out on a civilian population. The air suddenly smelled of apples. Pink, white, and yellow clouds cast a pall over the city. Dead bodies littered the road. These are childhood memories for Morad, who was just 6 years old when his native ...

As the U.S. Congress embarks on a testy debate on the merits of punishing the Syrian government for its reported use of chemical weapons, a solution may lie in an unlikely place. Irans painful history with chemical weapons combined with its pivotal position in the Syrian conflict offers the potential for a diplomatic resolution to a confrontation ...

[caption id="attachment_47906" align="alignright" width="180"] An Iranian man, injured by an Iraqi chemical attack during the 1980-88 war, uses an oxygen mask[/caption] Victims of mustard and nerve gas in Iran-Iraq war now struggle to find inhalers, transplant drugs and other vital medicine. Ahmad is recovering from his third cornea transplant in ...