CBRN event in Iran, Islamic Republic of on Wed 16th March 1988

16th March 1988

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The Iraqi regime not only used chemical weapons against military targets, but frequently targeted civilian residential areas, especially in the border towns and villages. According to official reports, there were more than 30 chemical attacks against Iranian, and some Iraqi Kurdish, non-military targets. The main attacks were:

• Sardasht (28 June, 1987).
• Villages around the city of Marivan (March, 1988)
• Halabja, with the massacre of more than 5,000 civilians (16th of March, 1988).
• Villages around the cities of Sarpol-e Zahab, Gilan-e-gharb and Oshnavieh (May–Jun, 1988).

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Iran, Islamic Republic of (IRN)

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