CBRN event in Iran, Islamic Republic of on Fri 10th April 1987

A UN report released today on what it called "one of the gravest infringements of international norms," states that Iraq continues to use CW against Iran, and that Iraqi troops have also been wounded by CW. The report does not clarify whether the Iraqi injuries stem from Iraqi CW blown back across the front lines to their own positions, or whether they stem from Iranian use of CW. The report finds that Iraq attacked the Iranian town of Khorramshahr at least twice on 10 April. One of the attacks targeted a water installation with nerve-gas-filled rockets while the other attack bombarded a housing development with mustard gas. According to the report, "From the examination of weapon fragments found in the Khorramshahr area, chemical bombs similar to those used in 1984 and 1986 have again been used against Iranian forces, indicating their continued deployment by Iraqi forces...in addition, it is most likely that chemical rockets have also been used in this area." The report states that 35 people died in the two attacks. In Iraq, the teams examined three corpses and eight CW survivors and found that they had been exposed to both mustard and phosgene. The team found that the soil samples they took around Basra contained mustard gas. However, the team was unable to find any bomb fragments or craters containing evidence of CW.