The company, which did not appear in court to defend itself, is accused of supplying raw materials for poison gas.
In the same case, a second company was cleared of liability by a court in The Hague. The court ruled that the company was not aware that the chemicals it sold to the government of Saddam Hussein would be used to make mustard gas.
The five Iranians, who were left permanently injured after three Iraqi mustard gas attacks in 1984 and 1986 during the Iran-Iraq war, argued that the two companies “knew or should have known” that thionyl chloride sold to Iraq would be used to make mustard gas.
The court upheld the claim against Forafina Beleggingen I B.V., formerly known as KBS Holland, after the company failed to appear. The amount of compensation has not yet been determined.
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