Sardasht

Passage of time doesn’t diminish gravity of Halabja chemical attack: Foreign Ministry

Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei says the chemical attack was facilitated by technical and technological support from the United States and several European countries.

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Body of martyr ‘Hossein Sami Maqam’ found after 44 years

Tehran, IRNA – The commander of the committee to find missing veterans of the armed forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran, General Mohammad Bagherzadeh, has announced the discovery of the body of the martyr "Hossein Sami Maqam" after 44 years.

Iran among countries actively working to eliminate chemical weapons: Acting FM

Tehran, IRNA – Iran’s Acting Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani says that the Islamic Republic has always defended the elimination of weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) and is now among the most active countries to work for a world free of chemical weapons.

‘Serving justice for Iranian victims of chemical attacks not subject to passage of time’

Tehran, IRNA – Iran’s Acting Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani has said that international courts should exercise their responsibility to hold to account the perpetrators behind a 1987 chemical attack in the Iranian city of Sardasht, stressing that the issue is not subject to the passage of time.

Iran calls on EU to seek justice for Sardasht attack victims

London, IRNA - Iranian mission at the European Union has called for pursuing justice for the victims of the Sardasht chemical attack and holding the perpetrators behind the attack to account for their crimes.

Iran will not forget nor forgive those behind Sardasht chemical attack: FM

Tehran, IRNA – Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian says the government of the Islamic Republic of Iran will neither forget nor forgive the perpetrators of the Sardasht chemical attack and their accomplices.

Iran reminds Germany of complicity in Saddam's chemical attack on Sardasht

Tehran, IRNA – Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kanaani has reminded Germany of its complicity in a chemical attack launched by toppled Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein’s regime on Sardasht in northwestern Iran in the 1980s.

Chemical bombing of Sardasht shows Saddam regime's insolence: FM

Tehran, IRNA – Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian wrote on Monday that the chemical bombing of Sardasht was the peak of Saddam's regime's insolence in the imposed war against Iran.

FM: chemical weapons victims have difficulty accessing medicine due to US sanctions

Tehran, IRNA – Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, in a message, wrote that America’s unilateral and coercive sanctions have made it extremely difficult for Iranian chemical weapons victims to access medicine and medical supplies.

Int’l silence on 1978 Sardasht chemical attack becomes 35 years old

Mahabad, IRNA – Today is the 35th anniversary of the 1978 Sardasht chemical attack, but the so-called advocates of human rights and the international bodies have kept silent on the crime ever since.

Iran's Sardasht deserves to be torchbearer of human rights in world: ADVT NGO

Tehran, IRNA – Association for Defending Victims of Terrorism on the occasion of the Day of Remembrance for all Victims of Chemical Warfare in an statement said that Sardasht that was bombarded with chemical weapons during the Iraqi invasion of Iran "can proudly establish itself in a legal process as a symbol of human rights in the world."

Iranian chemical weapons victims write to the British Minister of Justice

Tehran, IRNA - Sardasht chemical weapons victims wrote a letter to the British Minister of Justice on Sunday.

IRGC dismantles terrorist group in NW Iran

Oroumieh, IRNA – The Ground Force of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has dismantled a terrorist group in Sardasht, said a statement released by the public relations department of the base.

June 28 reminder of bitter chemical attack on Sardasht, Iran

Tehran, IRNA - Iraqi Baath regime of Saddam Hussein pounded Sardasht in West Azarbaijan Province, Iran, on June 28, 1987, with chemical weapons, leaving 109 civilians dead and 8,000 others injured.

Zarif says Sardasht, victim of use of chemical weapons against civilians

Tehran, IRNA – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said in a message on Monday to mark the 1987 Sardasht chemical bombings that what happened in the northwestern Iranian city is the symbol of use of chemical weapons against civilians and residential areas.

Victims of Sardasht chemical attack deserve respect, solidarity: OPCW

Tehran, IRNA - Director-General of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) Fernando Arias said in a statement on Monday that the victims of Sardasht chemical weapon attack by the Saddam Hussein regime and all others who have experienced the torment and pain caused by chemical weapons deserve all our respect and solidarity.