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194039
Sun, 07/10/2011 - 11:56
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Unexploded Saddam-Era Chemical Bomb Defused in Northwestern Iran
TEHRAN (FNA)- An unexploded Saddam-era chemical bomb was defused by Iranian security forces in the Northwestern Iranian city of Sardasht.
The bomb dating back to the days of the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war has been found near the Iranian border with Iraq's Kurdistan region.
Iranian security forces defused and removed the bomb, which was buried at a depth of about two meters in a construction site in the city of Sardasht.
A local construction worker stumbled upon the bomb, which weighed about 100 kilograms.
Sardasht is a city in Northwestern Iran. According to the 2006 census, its population was 37,000. It lies in the West Azarbaijan province. It was the first city in which civilians where attacked with chemical weapons by former Iraqi dictator, Saddam Hussein during the imposed Iraqi war on Iran.
Although it happened even before Halabja, it didn't get much publicity at the time because Iran was being ignored by the international community.
On June 28, 1987, Iraqi aircraft dropped what Iranian authorities believed to be mustard gas bombs on Sardasht, in two separate bombing runs on four residential areas.
Sardasht was the first town in the world to be gassed. Out of a population of 20,000, 25% are still suffering severe illnesses from the attacks.
The bomb dating back to the days of the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war has been found near the Iranian border with Iraq's Kurdistan region.
Iranian security forces defused and removed the bomb, which was buried at a depth of about two meters in a construction site in the city of Sardasht.
A local construction worker stumbled upon the bomb, which weighed about 100 kilograms.
Sardasht is a city in Northwestern Iran. According to the 2006 census, its population was 37,000. It lies in the West Azarbaijan province. It was the first city in which civilians where attacked with chemical weapons by former Iraqi dictator, Saddam Hussein during the imposed Iraqi war on Iran.
Although it happened even before Halabja, it didn't get much publicity at the time because Iran was being ignored by the international community.
On June 28, 1987, Iraqi aircraft dropped what Iranian authorities believed to be mustard gas bombs on Sardasht, in two separate bombing runs on four residential areas.
Sardasht was the first town in the world to be gassed. Out of a population of 20,000, 25% are still suffering severe illnesses from the attacks.
