CBRN event in Iran, Islamic Republic of on Sun 19th June 1988

19th June 1988

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IRNA reports that "a large number of Iranian Moslem combatants were martyred and injured when Iraqi warplanes chemically bombed the Changuleh region east of Mehran....Earlier in the day, Iraqi warplanes had chemically bombed the town of Mehran...[special units were sent to] neutralize the chemical weapons using special techniques." Iraq denies the attack was with chemical weapons and states the Iranian claims, according to Iraq's Culture and Information Minister, are "nothing more than a pretext to explain away a new military setback." The Iraqi Minister claims "the attack...was mounted by forces of the National Liberation Army of Mujahedeen Khalq, which have no chemical weapons in their possession."

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