CBRN event in Iran, Islamic Republic of on Thu 2nd July 1987

Iran suggests that Iraq may have used biological weapons as well as mustard gas during the 28 June attack on Sardasht that killed 12 and wounded 650. This is believed to be the first Iranian accusation of BW usage by Iraq. IRNA claimed the suggestion came from a doctor who treated some of the victims from the attacks. He cited worsening infections and abnormal symptoms as reason for his speculation. He stated that specialists would be needed to examine the bomb remnants.

[Note: Gas gangrene, a common battlefield injury complication, was common among casualties throughout the Iran-Iraq War. There is no evidence found to date that Iraq or Iran utilized Clostridium perfringens as a form of shrapnel contaminant, although Iraq did research the bacterium for use in weaponry during the 1980s and probably 1990s.]