Chemical Bombing of Sardasht

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.

Amir-Abdollahian:

Sardasht chemical bombing reveals Saddam regime's insolence

TEHRAN, Jul. 04 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said on Monday that the chemical bombing of Sardasht was the highest degree of Saddam's regime's insolence in the war imposed against Iran.

Western states have to account for Sardasht chemical attack

TEHRAN, Jul. 02 (MNA) – Secretary of Iran High Council for Human Rights Kazem Gharibabadi said that the Western countries that gave the Saddam regime chemical arms have to be held to account for the chemical attacks on innocent Iranian citizens.

US sanctions hamper medicine for Iran chemicals arms victims

TEHRAN, Jun. 29 (MNA) – Criticizing unilateral US sanctions imposed on Iran, Iranian Foreign Minister said that oppressive US sanctions has made in extremely difficult to provide medicine and medical equipment needed by chemical war veterans.

Iran relation with IAEA to be based solely on safeguards

TEHRAN, Jun. 29 (MNA) – Iranian Government Spokesman said that Iran's relation with the IAEA will be based solely on safeguards if this agreement is not renewed, and Iran will not make any further commitments.

Iran's chemical defense power should be improved

TEHRAN, Jun. 29 (MNA) – Head of Iran's Passive Defense Organization Brigadier General Gholamreza Jalali called for affiliated Iranian organizations to do their best for improving the country's chemical defense power.

Sardasht chemical attack showed West is not trustworthy

TEHRAN, Jun. 28 (MNA) – The head of the Passive Defense Organization said Monday the Saddam-era chemical attack on Iranian Sardasht city proved that the Western countries are not trustworthy.

OPCW issues message on occasion of Sardasht chemical bombing

TEHRAN, Jun. 28 (MNA) – OPCW Director-General in a message said that the anniversary of the chemical attack on Sardasht is an important opportunity for the international community to reunite for a common condemnation of chemical weapons.

Zarif:

US preventing Iran chemical veterans to access medicine

TEHRAN, Jun. 28 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister said that the new US administration has not left the failed policy of the previous one and by continuing the impose of illegal sanctions prevents Iranian chemical warfare veterans to access medicine.

US preventing export of medicine needed for chemical victims: Foreign Ministry

TEHRAN, Jun. 28 (MNA) – Referring to the remarks of FM Zarif, Iranian Foreign Ministry in its twitter account wrote that the United States is preventing export of the medicine needed for chemical warfare victims.

US deprives Iran's chemical warfare victims of access to medicine: Zarif

TEHRAN, Jun. 28 (MNA) – On the occasion of the anniversary of 1987 chemical attack on the Iranian city of Sardasht, Iran’s foreign minister said that the United States' “inhumane” sanctions have prevented Iranian victims of chemical warfare from accessing the medicine they need.

Top military advisor:

Saddam’s accomplices in chemical attacks against Iran should be sued

TEHRAN, Jun. 28 (MNA) – Top military Aide to the Leader of the Islamic Revolution said those who supported the former Iraqi dictator in using chemical weapons against Iran during the eight-year war should be put on trial.

Iran not to forget western countries’ support for Saddam in attack on Sardasht

TEHRAN, Jun. 27 (MNA) – Islamic Republic of Iran will never forget the support & complicity of the United States and Europe in the horrible attack committed by former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein on Iranian city of Sardasht.

Sanctions, assassination of Gen. Soleimani, not to break people’s resistance: FM Zarif

TEHRAN, Jun. 27 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said that the US' imposition of sanctions against Islamic Republic of Iran and assassination of martyr Lt. Gen. Soleimani will not break the resistance and endurance of people.

We persevered then, and will now: Zarif

TEHRAN, Jun. 29 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, while commemorating the 1987 chemical attack on Sardasht, said Iran will not forget the role of Western countries in supporting Saddam in the horrific attack that killed over 100 civilians.

Iran calls for destruction of US chemical weapons arsenal

TEHRAN, Jun. 28 (MNA) – Iran believes that a world free of weapons of mass destruction is only viable through the destruction of the US arsenal, Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Friday.

MoD:

West must be held accountable for massacre in Yemen

TEHRAN, Jun. 28 (MNA) – Iranian Minister of Defense (MoD) Brigadier General Amir Hatami said on Friday that the Western countries, with their false claims on defending human rights, must be held accountable for their arms assistance in the killing of innocent people in Yemen.

Zarif derides US, Israeli claims on opposing weapons of mass destruction

TEHRAN, Jun. 25 (MNA) – Foreign Minister Zarif says the US and Israeli regime, with their huge arsenal of chemical and nuclear weapons, have no right to call themselves leading countries in combating weapons of mass destruction.