Foreign Minister of Iran Mohammad Javad Zarif slammed the US sanctions as a main obstacle preventing the delivery of medicine and equipment to the Iranians victimized by chemical weapons. Zarif on Monday released a message in commemoration of the victims of the 1987 chemical bombing of Sardasht by the regime of former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein....

Director-General of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) Fernando Arias said in a statement on Monday that the victims of Sardasht chemical weapon attack by the Saddam Hussein regime and all others who have experienced the torment and pain caused by chemical weapons deserve all our respect and solidarity. He made ...

Financial Tribune- To mark the 31st anniversary of chemical weapons attacks on Sardasht, a city in West Azarbaijan Province, Iranian Artist Forum in Tehran is holding an exhibition of paintings dedicated to the specific Iraqi war crime. On June 28, 1987, former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein ordered his military to drop what is believed to have been ...

Iran Front Page- IFP has taken a look at the front pages of Iranian newspapers on Monday and picked headlines from 11 of them. IFP has simply translated the headlines and does not vouch for their accuracy. Newspapers today covered a conference in Tehran attended by Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani, and ...

Daily look at Irans late-breaking news and upcoming events:   World powers kept silent on Sardasht chemical bombing Irans FM Zarif in a message on the occasion of 30th anniversary of chemical attack on Iranian city of Sardasht, voiced regret over hypocrisy of world powers for having refused to condemn the bombing.   Iran congratulates ...

MNA Irans FM Zarif in a message on the occasion of 30th anniversary of chemical attack on Iranian city of Sardasht, voiced regret over hypocrisy of world powers for having refused to condemn the bombing. Iran marked on Thursday the 30th anniversary of the chemical bombardment of the city of Sardasht in the northwest of the country by former Iraqi ...

IFP - IFP has taken a look at the front pages of Iranian newspapers on Thursday and picked headlines from 13 of them. IFP has simply translated the headlines and does not vouch for their accuracy. Newspapers today mainly covered the Islamic Republics reaction to a US warning against Syria over its alleged preparations for a chemical ...

IRNA - Director-General of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) will visit Iran on the 30th anniversary of Sardasht tragedy of chemical attack. OPCW Head to visit Iran on Sardasht chemical attack anniversary Ahmet Uzumcu in a message on marking the 30th anniversary of Iraqs former dictator Saddam Hussein against Iranian ...

Mahabad, West Azarbaijan Prov., June 28, IRNA Director General of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons Ahmet zmc expressed condolences with the victims of Sardasht chemical attack. The statement was read out in a ceremony held in Sardasht on the occasion of the 29th anniversary of the chemical bombing of the city located in northwestern ...

Tehran, June 27, IRNA - Effects and consequences of the inhumane chemical attack on the city of Sardasht are not going to be forgotten, says Iran's parliament speaker. The chemical bombing of Sardasht which led to the demise of up to 110 people and injury of up to 5000 innocent people was a historical catastrophe, Ali Larijani said in a statement ...

Tehran, June 28, IRNA - Iranian Foreign has called for a world free of chemical weapons reminding the international community of its legal and ethical duty to provide compensation for the victims of chemical weapons. Mohammad Javad Zarif, in a written message read out in a ceremony held in the city of Sardasht in West Azarbaijan province on Monday,...

Iran has called on the international community to prosecute those responsible for supplying former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein with chemical weapons which were used during the chemical bombardment of Irans Sardasht during theIraqIran War. Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif made the call on Sunday, which coincides with the 28th anniversary ...