Silent Victims of Chemical Weapons

TEHRAN (Defapress) - The imposed war of the Baath regime, against the Islamic Republic of Iran, has many hidden and unspoken aspects that are still waiting to be told in the language of art, which is the most eloquent and enduring form of expression. The important issue of Saddam Hussein's chemical bombing against the people of Iran and even the oppressed people of Halabja, Iraq, under the pretext of supporting Iranian fighters, is one of the neglected issues that has not been narrated except in one or two movies. 

Unfortunately, in international forums and diplomatic relations, the victims of chemical bombing have not been defended as they should be. 4 decades after the end of the imposed war, the veterans of chemical attacks are still struggling with its consequences and are struggling with numerous problems. The severity of the consequences of chemical bombing is such that the next generation and even the next generations are not safe from its consequences.

During the 8 years of the imposed war, Iran's border cities were repeatedly subjected to brutal attacks by Baathist thugs with chemical weapons, not against combatants but against defenseless people, from infants to elderly women. On January 13, 1981, just 15 months after the start of the war, the Iraqi Baath regime targeted a region located fifty kilometers west of Ilam with its chemical weapons for the first time. 

After this date, the Iranian people were also targeted with various chemical weapons, the most famous and shocking of which was the chemical bombing of Sardasht on June 28, 1987, In this brutal attack, 4 crowded places in the city of Sardasht were attacked, 110 civilian residents of the town were martyred and 8000 people were wounded, of which a significant part of this population included children and women.