Chemical Attack

Bagheri remembers victims of Sardasht chemical bombing

TEHRAN, Jun. 30 (MNA) – Acting Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Baqeri honored the memory of those killed in chemical attacks on the country’s northwestern city of Sardasht four decades ago.

Iran FM spox:

Halabja tragedy bitter example of West double standards on HR

TEHRAN, Mar. 15 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kan'ani says the tragedy of the deadly chemical attack on the Iraqi city of Halabja in 1988 is a bitter example of the West's double standard policies on human rights.

Dutch court rules in favor of Iranian chemical attack victims

TEHRAN, Nov. 18 (MNA) – A Dutch court has ruled that a company must pay compensation to five Iranian victims of chemical weapons attacks by Iraq in the 1980s, according to the office for legal affairs in the Iranian Presidency.

Syria condemns France, US statements over chemical arms use

TEHRAN, Aug. 26 (MNA) – Syria condemned Washington and Paris for making statements reiterating false accusations about the use of chemical weapons in 2013 and other fabricated and forged incidents.

Amir-Abdollahian meets Japanese foreign, health ministers

TEHRAN, Aug. 07 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian held talks with his Japanese counterpart Yoshimasa Hayashi on Monday in Tokyo.

Amir-Abdollahian:

Iran not to forgive Sardasht chemical attack perpetrators

TEHRAN, Jun. 28 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian says that Iran will neither forget nor forgive the perpetrators of the Sardasht chemical attack.

HR Cheif:

130,000 chemical victims result of arming Saddam regime

TEHRAN, Mar. 18 (MNA) – 13,000 martyrs and 130,000 chemical victims in Iran are the result of arming Saddam's regime with chemical weapons by Western countries, Iran’s top human rights official says.

Iran UN envoy:

Using chemical weapons crime against humanity

TEHRAN, Mar. 07 (MNA) – Saying that using chemical weapons is a crime against humanity, the Iranian ambassador to the United Nations stressed that the Islamic Republic of Iran strongly condemns using such weapons.

Syria rejects OPCW report on alleged 2018 chemical attack

TEHRAN, Jan. 29 (MNA) – The Syrian foreign ministry has categorically rejected a report by the chemical weapons watchdog, accusing Damascus of an alleged 2018 chemical attack against its own people.

Iran urges punishing accomplices in Sardasht chemical attack

TEHRAN, Jul. 16 (MNA) – Iran's envoy in Geneva called for identifying and punishing the accomplices in Saddam Hussein’s war crimes against Iranians carried out through chemical weapons.