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Official: OPCW Visit to Sardasht Helps Revive Rights of Victims of Chemical Attacks
TEHRAN (FNA)- The visit to Iran by a delegation from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) will resume national and international debates over the rights of the victims of Iraq's chemical attacks, an Iranian official stated.
The OPCW delegation is in Iran to study an unexploded chemical bomb recently discovered in the town of Sardasht, in the West Azarbaijan province.
In July, an unexploded chemical bomb dating back to the days of the 1980-1988 Iraq-Iran war was found near the Iranian border with the Iraqi Kurdistan region.
A local construction worker stumbled upon the bomb, which weighed about 100 kilograms.
As regards the issue, Director of the Public Relation Office of the Iranian Foundation for Martyrs and Veterans Affairs Hassan Khosrowabadi told FNA that the discovery "can once again raise discussions over the chemical bombings of Sardasht at national and international levels and revive the trampled rights of the oppressed people of the town."
He added that the OPCW delegation includes representatives from three European countries, an envoy from the US and an Iraqi delegation.
"We believe that the discovery of the unexploded bomb and its study by the OPCW delegation will be very effective in unveiling the face of the real supporters of (former Iraqi dictator) Saddam (Hussein) and in showing that Iran has been oppressed," Khosrowabadi stated.
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.
There is no doubt that Iraq acquired the technology and the materials to develop chemical weapons from the US and a number of Western countries, which not only equipped the Iraqi regime with the technology but also supported it financially.
Nearly 100,000 Iranians were affected by nerve and mustard gases, and around one in 10 died before receiving any treatment. About five to six thousand are still receiving medical treatment.
The OPCW delegation is in Iran to study an unexploded chemical bomb recently discovered in the town of Sardasht, in the West Azarbaijan province.
In July, an unexploded chemical bomb dating back to the days of the 1980-1988 Iraq-Iran war was found near the Iranian border with the Iraqi Kurdistan region.
A local construction worker stumbled upon the bomb, which weighed about 100 kilograms.
As regards the issue, Director of the Public Relation Office of the Iranian Foundation for Martyrs and Veterans Affairs Hassan Khosrowabadi told FNA that the discovery "can once again raise discussions over the chemical bombings of Sardasht at national and international levels and revive the trampled rights of the oppressed people of the town."
He added that the OPCW delegation includes representatives from three European countries, an envoy from the US and an Iraqi delegation.
"We believe that the discovery of the unexploded bomb and its study by the OPCW delegation will be very effective in unveiling the face of the real supporters of (former Iraqi dictator) Saddam (Hussein) and in showing that Iran has been oppressed," Khosrowabadi stated.
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.
There is no doubt that Iraq acquired the technology and the materials to develop chemical weapons from the US and a number of Western countries, which not only equipped the Iraqi regime with the technology but also supported it financially.
Nearly 100,000 Iranians were affected by nerve and mustard gases, and around one in 10 died before receiving any treatment. About five to six thousand are still receiving medical treatment.
