Health Minister In Sardasht

Mahabad, W Azarbaijan prov, June 28, IRNA - Health Minister Hassan Qazizadeh Hashemi arrived in the northwestern border city of Sardasht on Saturday. Hashemi is to participate in a ceremony marking anniversary of Sardasht chemical bombing by Iraqi regime. Several Iranian officials are accompanying the health minister during his day-long visit. On June 28, 1987, Iraqi warplanes dropped mustard gas bombs on Sardasht in two separate bombing runs on four residential areas. The city of Sardasht is the third city in the world after Japanˈs Hiroshima and Nagasaki which became the target of chemical weapons./end